Aldeia de Paio Pires is a former

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in the municipality (''

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'') of

Seixal Seixal () is a Portugal, Portuguese city and municipality, located in the district of Setúbal District, Setúbal, in the metropolitan area of Lisbon region, Lisbon. Its population includes 184,269 inhabitants (2011), in an area of that includes ...

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, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Seixal, Arrentela e Aldeia de Paio Pires Seixal, Arrentela e Aldeia de Paio Pires is a civil parish in the municipality of Seixal, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Seixal, Arrentela and Aldeia de Paio Pires Aldeia de Paio Pires is a former civil parish ...

. The population in 2011 was 13,258, in an area of 15.96 km².Eurostat

History

The origin of the name comes from a great

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medieval conqueror of the

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Paio Peres Correia D. Paio Peres Correia was a Portuguese warrior who played an important role in the thirteenth-century Reconquista. He was born c. 1205, in Monte de Fralães, a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos. He went to Uclés, then the seat of t ...

, whose statue was erected in the centre of the parish. Located on the left margin of the Ribeira de Coina, Aldeia de Paio Pires was once part of Almada, and location of several farms and estates, including Quinta do Cocena (which was donated to Estêvão Lourenço by King

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), Quinta do Fernão Ferro, Quinta da Atalaia and Quinta da Palmeira (which was given in the 14th century to the Convent of Santa Maria de Belém). One of the first references to the location is associated with the hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação, in the 14th century, during a visit members of the Order of Santiago to Almada (1564–65). In 1758, the administrator of the hermitage was José Felix da Cunha, likely due to his close association of the Master of Paio Pires. On 4 July 1756 conceded perpetual indulgences to the faithful who visited the hermitage during the feast days associated with Annunciation of Mary (and other feast days associated with Mary) and the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. A few years later, José II (patriarch of Lisbon) de-annexed the ecclesiastical parish from that of Nossa Senhora da Arrentela on 25 February 1797. The locality of

Fernão Ferro Fernão Ferro is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish, in the concelho, municipality of Seixal Municipality, Seixal in the district of Setúbal District, Setúbal, Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon metropolitan area. The population in 2011 was 17 ...

separated to create its own parish on 11 June 1993.

Architecture

* Estate of Pinhalzinho (), recognized for the ''Lagar de Azeite do Pinhalzinho'', a historical olive oil press * Kiln of Siderurgia Nacional () * Mill of Maré do Zemoto/Zeimoto () * Mill of Maré do Breyner () * Mill of Quinta da Palmeira ()

References

{{Authority control Former parishes of Seixal