Mortágua (
or ) is a municipality in the district of
Viseu
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, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,607,
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History
Legend suggests that that village was formed on a lake; settlers recalled that ''Água Morta'' (''dead water'') existed here, but no physiological evidence remains of the body of water.[ Over time, the name stayed and evolved, becoming the variant today of the local municipality.
About from the main village is a hill, covered in vegetation, but whose lateral flank was occupied by a Moorish settlement known as ''Crasto''.][J.L. de V. (1895), p.10] Over a cliff archeologists discovered several homes including a building that was defined as a kitchen, on its edge.[
By 1895, several chapels were situated on this hilltop, which had become known as ''Cabeça da Senhora do Mundo'' (owing to the existence of an image to that invocation).][
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Geography
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (''freguesias
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Notable people
* Vasco Martins de Sousa {{Infobox noble, type
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(1320s-1387) Lord of Mortágua
* Fernanda de Paiva Tomás
Fernanda de Paiva Tomás (8 November 1928 – 15 September 1984) was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party who spent close to a decade as a political prisoner, from 1961 to 1970, under the authoritarian '' Estado Novo'' regime.
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(1928–1984) a member of the Portuguese Communist Party
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, a political prisoner from 1961 to 1970, under the authoritarian Estado Novo regime.
Sport
* Francisco Neto
Francisco Miguel Conceição Roque Neto (born 11 July 1981), known as Francisco Neto or simply Neto, is a Portuguese football manager, currently the head coach of the Portugal women's national football team
The Portugal women's national footb ...
(born 1981) a football manager, currently the head coach of the Portugal women's national football team
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* Filipe Sarmento
Filipe Sucena Morais Sarmento (born 16 March 1985 in Mortágua, Viseu District) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for A.C. Marinhense as a right back or a right midfielder
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(born 1985 in Mortágua) a Portuguese footballer with over 220 club caps
References
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External links
Municipality official website
Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
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