Trancoso () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 9,878,Instituto Nacional de Estatística /ref> in an area of . The city (cidade) population is about 3.000.
The municipality is located in the District of Guarda, Region Centro, sub-region
Beira Interior Norte
Beira Interior Norte () is a former Portuguese subregion (NUTS level 3) in the Centro Region. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.Castle of Trancoso. The municipality is served by the Vila Franca das Naves train station on the Beira Alta line from Pampilhosa to the Spanish border.
Trancoso is well known as the place where the 16th-century poet and shoemaker
António Gonçalves de Bandarra
António Gonçalves Annes Bandarra or Gonçalo Annes Bandarra (1500 – 1556) was a Portuguese writer.
Life and work
He was a shoemaker by trade (born rich but lost his wealth). Whether he had Jewish origin or not has been the subject of muc ...
lived and made his prophetic texts. A statue of him was erected in front of the city hall.
Trancoso is also the birthplace of
Isaac Cardoso
Isaac (Fernando) Cardoso was a Jewish physician, philosopher, and polemic writer. Life
He was born of Marrano parents at Trancoso, near Celorico, in the province of Beira, Portugal in 1603 or 1604 and died at Verona in 1683. He was an older br ...
, born in 1603 or 1604. He was a renowned Jewish author, philosopher, and physicist. Cardoso died in Verona in 1683. His parents were members of the extensive
Marrano
Marranos were Spanish and Portuguese Jews living in the Iberian Peninsula who converted or were Forced conversion#Spanish Inquisition, forced to convert to Christianity during the Middle Ages, but continued to Crypto-Judaism, practice Judaism i ...
community in Trancoso that left behind 300 Hebrew inscriptions. 700 Trancoso Jews were persecuted during the
Inquisition
The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, conducting trials of suspected heretics. Studies of the records have found that the overwhelming majority of sentences consisted of penances, ...
.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 21 civil parishes (''
freguesias
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...
''):
* Aldeia Nova
* Castanheira
* Cogula
* Cótimos
* Fiães
* Freches e Torres
* Granja
* Guilheiro
* Moimentinha
* Moreira de Rei
* Palhais
* Póvoa do Concelho
* Reboleiro
* Rio de Mel
* Trancoso (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Souto Maior
* Tamanhos
* Torre do Terrenho, Sebadelhe da Serra e Terrenho
* Valdujo
* Vale do Seixo e Vila Garcia
* Vila Franca das Naves e Feital
* Vilares e Carnicães
Notable people
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António Gonçalves de Bandarra
António Gonçalves Annes Bandarra or Gonçalo Annes Bandarra (1500 – 1556) was a Portuguese writer.
Life and work
He was a shoemaker by trade (born rich but lost his wealth). Whether he had Jewish origin or not has been the subject of muc ...
(1500 in Trancoso - 1556) a Portuguese writer and shoemaker
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Isaac Cardoso
Isaac (Fernando) Cardoso was a Jewish physician, philosopher, and polemic writer. Life
He was born of Marrano parents at Trancoso, near Celorico, in the province of Beira, Portugal in 1603 or 1604 and died at Verona in 1683. He was an older br ...
(1603/4 at Trancoso - 1683) a Jewish physician, philosopher and polemic writer.
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Eduarda Lapa
Eduarda Lapa (1895 — 1976) was a painter and painting teacher who specialized in naturalist painting, especially still life, becoming known as the "flower painter" and the "ambassador of colours". An active feminist, she was the first woman to j ...
(1895 in Trancoso — 1976) a painter and painting teacher, specialized in naturalist still lifes