Sobral de Monte Agraço () is a municipality in the District of
Lisbon in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,156,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
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The present Mayor is António Lopes Bogalho, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition
The Unitary Democratic Coalition ( pt, CDU – Coligação Democrática Unitária, PCP–PEV) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The G ...
.
History
During the Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...
, Sobral was on the Lines of Torres Vedras
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, ...
, a line of forts planned by the Duke of Wellington to protect Lisbon. In October 1810, a French army led by André Masséna
André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli (born Andrea Massena; 6 May 1758 – 4 April 1817) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.Donald D. Horward, ed., trans, annotated, The Fre ...
approached the Lines, finding that the Portuguese had subjected the area in front of them to a scorched earth policy. After the minor Battle of Sobral
The Battle of Sobral (13–14 October 1810) saw an Imperial French army led by Masséna probe the Lines of Torres Vedras, built and defended successfully by Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army. Masséna had to order a retreat at the beginni ...
on 14 October, the French found they could go no further. Charles Oman
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Occasionally his ...
writes "On that misty October 14th morning, at Sobral, the Napoleonic tide attained its highest watermark."
Monuments
* St. Salvador Chapel - 13th century Romanesque style
* Sobral Main Church - 16th century Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...
style
* São Quintino Church - 16th-17th century Manueline
The Manueline ( pt, estilo manuelino, ), occasionally known as Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese architectural style originating in the 16th century, during the Portuguese Renaissance and Age of Discoveries. Manuel ...
and Renaissance styles
* Our Lady of Purification Church - 16th century Renaissance style
* Town Hall and ancient jail - 18th century
* Fort of Alqueidão
The Fort of Alqueidão, also known as ''Forte Grande'' (Big Fort), is located about 2 kilometres south of the parish of Sobral de Monte Agraço, in the municipality of Sobral de Monte Agraço, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It was one of th ...
- 19th century
* Cine-Theater - 20th century Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
style
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):Sobral de Monte Agraço
Sobral de Monte Agraço () is a municipality in the District of Lisbon in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,156, in an area of 52.10 km².
The present Mayor is António Lopes Bogalho, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition.
Histo ...
Notable people
* José António Freire Sobral (1840 in São Quintino – 1905), a rich farmer and a large exporter of coffee, cocoa and woods who made his fortune in São Tomé Island
São Tomé Island, at , is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe and is home in May 2018 to about 193,380 or 96% of the nation's population. The island is divided into six districts. It is located 2 km (1¼ miles) north of the equ ...
in Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe islands were a colony of the Portuguese Empire from its discovery in 1470 until 1975, when independence was granted by Portugal.
History
The Portuguese explorers João de Santarém and Pêro Escobar discovered the is ...
.
* Fábio Silvestre
Fábio André Silvestre Tomas (born 25 January 1990 in Sobral de Monte Agraço) is a Portuguese former cyclist.
Major results
;2008
: 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
;2010
: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championsh ...
(born 1990 in Sobral de Monte Agraço) a Portuguese former cyclist
References
External links
Town Council official website
Photos from Sobral de Monte Agraço
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Towns in Portugal
Municipalities of Lisbon District
Lines of Torres Vedras