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

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, Region Centro, sub-region

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. The present Mayor is Amilcar Salvador. The municipal holiday is May 29. Principal monument:

Castle of Trancoso Castelo de Trancoso is a castle in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. The castle is in the municipality of Trancoso which is in the Guarda District The District of Guarda ( ) is located in the Centro Region of Portugal, except ...

. The municipality is served by the

Vila Franca das Naves Vila may refer to: People *Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State of ...

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 mu ...

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 Cardoso (born Fernando Cardoso; 1603 or 1604) was a Portuguese-born Sephardic Jewish physician, philosopher and polemic writer based in Verona. Life He was born of Marrano parents at Trancoso, near Celorico, in the province of Beira, Port ...

, 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'' is a term for Spanish and Portuguese Jews, as well as Navarrese jews, who converted to Christianity, either voluntarily or by Spanish or Portuguese royal coercion, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but who continued t ...

community in Trancoso that left behind 300 Hebrew inscriptions. 700 Trancoso Jews were persecuted during the

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Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 21 civil parishes (''

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''): * 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

(1500 in Trancoso - 1556) a Portuguese writer and shoemaker *

(1603/4 at Trancoso - 1683) a Jewish physician, philosopher and polemic writer. *

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

Gallery

Trancoso-02-Stadttor-2011-gje.jpg Trancoso-08-Strasse-2011-gje.jpg Trancoso-20-Rathaus-2011-gje.jpg Trancoso-Sao Pedro-04-Marktplatz-2011-gje.jpg Trancoso-Sao Pedro-14-2011-gje.jpg Trancoso-Castelo-04-2011-gje.jpg Trancoso-Castelo-10-2011-gje.jpg Trancoso-Castelo-30-Landschaft-2011-gje.jpg

References

External links

Municipality official website
{{Authority control Municipalities of Guarda District Cities in Portugal