Alcácer do Sal () is a municipality in Portugal, located in
Setúbal District
The District of Setúbal ( ) is a district located in the south-west of Portugal. It is named for its capital, the city of Setúbal.
Geography
It is delimited by Lisbon District and Santarém District on the north, Évora District on the eas ...
. The population in 2011 was 13,046,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 1,499.87 km2.
History
Earliest settlement
There has been human settlement in the area for more than 40,000 years; archaeological investigations have placed human presence here back to the Mesolithic
The Mesolithic (Ancient Greek language, Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic i ...
Period, when the first peoples began to concentrate in the areas around Alcácer. This period was characterized by exploitation of the ecosystem in the Sado Estuary, when the river extended to São Romão, involving fishing, scavenging for shellfish, hunting and foraging in the local forests. The primitive tools, made from chert
Chert () is a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz, the mineral form of silicon dioxide (SiO2). Chert is characteristically of biological origin, but may also occur inorganically as a prec ...
, were adapted from the techniques of the late Paleolithic
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era. By the late Mesolithic period, people had concentrated in the area of Comporta and Torrão, later establishing primitive defensive protection to support their communities.
These principal settlements were abandoned by the Copper Age
The Chalcolithic ( ) (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in dif ...
, but repopulated during the Iron Age
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, as was the case of Alcácer. Mediterranean trade, pioneered by the Phoenicians
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, introduced commercial colonies in Abul and Alcácer (then referred to as ''Bevipo'' or ''Keition''), where a written alphabet and currency allowed commerce to flourish.
Roman Era
After the Third Punic War
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, with the fall of Carthage
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, Alcácer was annexed to the Roman Empire
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(around 1st-2nd century B.C.). The municipality of present Alcácer became known as ''Urbs Imperatoria Salacia'' in honor of the sea god Neptune
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's wife, nymph Salacia, for its importance in the Iberian salt
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trade and the number of routes that crossed the area. In the third century the port of Salacia fell into disuse thanks to the emergence of ''Olisipo'' (Lisbon
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).
With the rise of Gaul
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, most of Hispania
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became a vassal state of the larger empire. Returning to the Imperial fold with the 296AD reorganization of Roman territories by Diocletian
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(in order to subvert the ''Military Anarchy'' that existed at the time), Salatia's role was transformed. Circa 300? it was the seat of a Diocese of Salácia (Portuguese) / Salacien(sis) (Latin) / Salarien(sis) (Latin), which was however suppressed around 350.
In the following centuries, Salatia became a poor distant colony of the much larger centers of Setúbal
Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...
or Lisbon
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. The only exception was Torrão, which continued to prosper. Until 711, when the region was annexed by the Umayyad Caliphate
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of Damascus
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, the population of the hilltop areas of Salatia left in favor of the low lands along the river.
Al-Andalus
The Ummayad
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rule on the Iberian Peninsula
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, in the reign of Abu-l-Khattar (743-745) over the region of Beja, which included Alcácer, was noted for the recruitment of troops, and for the rising power of Yemeni clans in southern Portugal. The entire region was later administered by Egyptian Arab troops, that selected Beja as their regional seat. Until 844, Alcácer functioned as center for the collection of taxes in the lower Sado valley: collected primarily from the Christians who chose to remain in the valley. The first Viking raids in this year forced a political reorganization, and Alcácer became an important outpost of Al-Andalus
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.
After an internal victory over Muwallad rebels in 888, the city was offered as reward to the Banu Dānis clan, and its keep
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was renamed (قصر أبي دانس ; ), commonly known simply as (). The village of was the base for a large fleet and arsenal that was used during the Christian-Moorish Reconquista
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.[Revista popular (16 December 1848), p.329] In 997 a Moorish fleet transported troops from Alcácer to Porto
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, to support Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir, that culminated in the destruction of the sanctuary of Santiago de Compostela
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.[Câmara Municipal de Alcácer do Sal, (2007)] It was then capital of the Province, which by the 12th Century was a center of merchant traffic, supported by the opulent tastes of Évora. Muhammad al-Idrisi
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (; ; 1100–1165), was an Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily. Muhammad al-Idrisi was born in C ...
noted that forestry, and in particular pine tree harvesting, was important during this period, as was cattle raising and major agricultural cultivation. During the Almoravid dynasty
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became the administrative regional seat of an area that extended along the Atlantic coast until Trujillo, Cáceres.
Crusades and Reconquista
Records of the Norwegian Crusade, held from 1107 to 1110, in the aftermath of the First Crusade
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, and led by Norwegian king Sigurd I, include a reference to the Norwegians winning a battle in the town of Alkasse (which is possibly a reference to ) - where they killed such a large number of people that the town was said to have been left empty, and looted many treasures. However, the Norwegians then sailed on to the Holy Land
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and the town - with whatever inhabitants survived - remained Muslim.
During the Fifth Crusade
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, when Afonso II of Portugal
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Afonso was the second but eldest ...
had a truce with the Almohads
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, Sueiro Bishops of Lisbon
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and Évora
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joined the Cistercian
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abbot
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of Alcobaça, the commander of Palmela
Palmela () is a town and municipality in Portugal. As of 2011, the population was 62,831, covering an area of 465.12 km².
The municipality is located in the Lisboa Region and Setúbal District, about south of Lisbon. The municipal holiday ...
, the Templars, the Hospitallers
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, and magnates
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, in an attempt to persuade the crusaders to attack the Moors
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Moors are not a s ...
in Alcácer do Sal. The city of Alcácer had been lost since 1191 in the aftermath of the Third Crusade campaigns of Alvor and Silves. The keep in Alcácer was conquered for the first time by the Portuguese in 1160. In 1191, it returned to Amazigh
Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also known as Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Maghreb. Their main connections are identified by their u ...
hands under the direction of Yaqub al-Mansur, who transformed it into the military garrison of ''Garb al-Andalus''.[Villegas-Aristizábal, Lucas, "Was the Portuguese Led Military Campaign against Alcácer do Sal in the Autumn of 1217 Part of the Fifth Crusade?" Al-Masaq 30:1 (2019), 57, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2018.1542573] According to De itinere Frisonum the Frisian Crusaders
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refused to help on account of Innocent III prohibition to Bishop Souiro, and departed for the Holy Land
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, even after being provided food, expenses, and rousing oratories about the Almohads' annual demands for 100 Christians in tribute. Meanwhile, ships under the command of William I of Holland and Count George of Wied arrived in Alcácer do Sal on 2 August 1217. They were joined by the Portuguese sent to lay siege to the castle.[Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2003), p.79] Muslim governors in Seville
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, Córdoba, Jaén and Badajoz
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attempted to relieve the garrison but their reinforcements were defeated on 11 September. The castle surrendered on 18 October 1217, with additional Christian troops provided by Pedro Alvítiz from Castile.[Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2003), p.80]
Once the castle was taken, many of the northern Crusaders requested Pope Honorius III
Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death. A canon at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, he came to hold a number of importa ...
allow them to remain for a year ''"for the liberation of Hispania"'' and ''"the extirpation of the perfidious cult of the pagans"''. The victory in Alcácer do Sal also motivated Alfonso IX of León
Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death.
He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University of Salaman ...
, Sancho VII of Navarre
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, in addition to Iberian prelates and nobles, to break their truces with the Muslim leaders, in hopes that the northern Crusaders would continue their campaigns the following summer. But, the Pope granted only absolution from their vows to those who could not continue to the Holy Land, and the Crusaders left the ''Castle'' to the Portuguese and continued on to Acre
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.
The capture of was the only permanent conquest of the Fifth Crusade. In 1218, Alcacer do Sal received its foral
200px, Foral of Castro Verde - Portugal
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from King Afonso II, and handed over to the Knights of Santiago, who made it their headquarters during their advance into the Alentejo
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Alentejo includes the regions of Alto Alentejo Province, Alto Alentejo and Bai ...
and Algarve
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. The Order of Santiago dominated an area from Sesimbra
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until the Algarve, controlling the lower Sado, Alentejo Litoral and coast of Cape St. Vincent. At the end of the 13th century, the Order advanced to Mértola
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to support reconquest of the Algarve, but later retreated to Alcácer and remained there until 1482, when they returned to Palmela
Palmela () is a town and municipality in Portugal. As of 2011, the population was 62,831, covering an area of 465.12 km².
The municipality is located in the Lisboa Region and Setúbal District, about south of Lisbon. The municipal holiday ...
.
Along with the Christians and the town's small population of Jews, the remaining Muslims in Alcácer do Sal begin to occupy the low country along the river, and vacate the Castle. The Muslims, under the "King's protection" remained in the community.
In 1495, Manuel I was acclaimed King by the residents of the village.
Slave trade
By the 16th century, the whole Sado Basin, where Alcácer do Sal is located, had experienced an important African immigration as a way to compensate for the demographic deficit that accompanied the Portuguese overseas expansion. Later, in the 18th century, a new wave of slaves was imported to Alcácer do Sal to work the salt fields and cultivate rice, the two important economic activities in the region. A recent genetic study in 2010 found in Alcacer the highest frequencies (22%) of Sub-Saharan maternal lineages reported so far in Europe and, according to the authors, likely associated with the influx of African slaves between the 15th and 19th centuries.
Geography
Physical geography
A few kilometres from the city of Alcácer, along the course of the Sado, is the '' Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado'' (''Sado Estuary Nature Reserve'') which covers an area of , comprising marshes, canals, streams and mangroves.
Human geography
The municipality is bounded to the north by the municipalities of Palmela
Palmela () is a town and municipality in Portugal. As of 2011, the population was 62,831, covering an area of 465.12 km².
The municipality is located in the Lisboa Region and Setúbal District, about south of Lisbon. The municipal holiday ...
, Vendas Novas and Montemor-o-Novo
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; northeast by Viana do Alentejo; east by Alvito; south by Ferreira do Alentejo and Grândola; to the west, also by Grândola, along a branch of the Sado Estuary; and northwest by the Setúbal
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.
Alcácer do Sal is a historical city and municipality that overlooks the Sado River; its medieval town developed from barrio
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s that surrounded an ancient Muslim castle. Alcácer do Sal is the municipal seat, which includes two civil parishes, both having a population of 6002 residents.
The second-largest municipality () in the country, it is administratively subdivided into four civil parishes ():
* Alcácer do Sal (Santa Maria do Castelo e Santiago) e Santa Susana
* Comporta
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- part of the larger Comporta Coast region; although a traditional a centre of rice cultivation and fishing, the parish and villages have seen more interest recently with luxury tourism, associated with the white-sand beaches of the Sado estuary, and its proximity to the coastal beaches of the Atlantic. Its resident population is less than 1400 permanent inhabitants, although throughout the summer these numbers increase with the influx of vacationers and tourists;
* São Martinho
* Torrão - Torrão received a Manueline
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foral
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in 1512, that later disappeared. The parish, 35 kilometer
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s from the municipal seat, was the birthplace of Bernardim Ribeiro, 15th Century poet and writer and has in the Trigo de Morais Dam one of its main tourist attractions.
A very interesting museum, documenting the occupation of the city since the Iron Age
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, exists under the castle, now a pousada hotel. Santa Susana includes many white-painted houses, and is the location of the municipalities principal dam, Pego do Altar, and tourist-friendly water activities and forests.
Climate
Alcácer do Sal has a Mediterranean climate
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(Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
: ''Csa'') with hot dry summers and mild wet winters.
The highest recorded temperature in the city was on 4 August 2018.
Architecture
Civic
* Archaeological site of Senhor dos Mártires ()
Military
* Castle of Alcácer do Sal ()
Religious
* Convent of Nossa Senhora de Ara Caeli ()
Notable citizens
* Bernardim Ribeiro (1482 in Torrão – 1552), poet and writer, wrote ''Livro das Saudades''.
* Pedro Nunes
Pedro Nunes (; Latin: ''Petrus Nonius''; 1502 – 11 August 1578) was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family.Leitão, Henrique, "Para uma biografia de Pedro Nunes: O ...
(1502 – 1578 in Coimbra
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The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...
), mathematician
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, cosmographer, and professor
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; best known for his contributions in the technical field of navigation
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* Manuel de Brito Camacho
Manuel de Brito Camacho (12 February 1862, Aljustrel — 19 September 1934, Lisbon) a Portuguese people, Portuguese military officer, writer, publicist and politician, who among other positions, was Minister of Public Works, Commerce and Indust ...
(1862 – 1934), military officer, writer, publicist
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and politician during the Portuguese First Republic; worked in Torrão
* Francisco Gentil, (Wiki PT) (1878 – 1964), medic, professor, and director of the Institute of Oncology in Lisbon
* Ruy Coelho, (Wiki PT) (1886 – 1986), composer of innovative symphonies and operas
* João Branco Núncio (1901 – 1976) equestrian and bullfighter
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, known as ''Califa de Alcácer''
* Maria Rosa Colaço (1935 in Torrão – 2004) - writer, known for ''A Criança e a Vida'', an anthology of children's texts.
* José Mamede (born 1974) retired footballer with 292 club caps, known as ''Mamede''
* Filipe Brigues (born 1990) Portuguese footballer with over 250 club caps
References
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*Villegas-Aristizábal, Lucas, "Was the Portuguese Led Military Campaign against Alcácer do Sal in the Autumn of 1217 Part of the Fifth Crusade?" ''Al-Masaq'' 30:1 (2019). doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2018.1542573
External links
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