Viana do Alentejo () is a municipality in the District of

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. The municipal holiday is January 13.

Climate

Viana do Alentejo has a

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: ''Csa'') with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Aguiar * Alcáçovas * Viana do Alentejo

Notable residents

Notable people from Viana do Alentejo include: * Joana da Gama (c.1520 – 1586) a Portuguese writer. * Duarte Lobo (ca.1565 – 1646) a Portuguese composer. * Aleixo de Abreu (1568–1630) a Portuguese physician and tropical pathologist. * António Francisco Cardim (1596–1659) a Jesuit priest, missionary and historian in the Far East. * António Banha (1941-2011) actor.

Twin towns

Viana do Alentejo is twinned with: * Igarassu, Brazil *

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, Brazil * Viana, Brazil

Gallery

Image:Castelo de Viana do Alentejo - Torre de menagem.jpg, The Castle of Viana do Alentejo with the city below Image:Senhora d'Aires (Viana do Alentejo).JPG, The local Senhora d'Aires Church in Viana do Alentejo

References

External links

Town Hall official website
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