Vidigueira
Vidigueira (local), officially the Town of Vidigueira (Vila da Vidigueira), is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,932, in an area of 316.61 km 2. The present Mayor is Manuel Rosa Narra, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition.
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Overview
The municipal holiday is Ascension Day. The archaeological site of the Roman Ruins of Villa Áulica and Convent of São Cucufate are situated near Vidigueira.
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Key facts
• Type — municipality • Name — Vidigueira • Official Name — Town of Vidigueira • Region — Alentejo • Cim — Baixo Alentejo • District — Beja • Parishes — 4 • Leader Party — CDU • Leader Name — Manuel Narra • Area Total Km2 — 316.0 • Population Total — 5,176 • Population As Of — 2021 • Holiday — Ascension Day (date varies) • Website — http: www.cm-vidigueira.pt
Parishes
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias): • Pedrógão • Selmes • Vidigueira • Vila de Frades
Notable people
Notable people
• Vasco da Gama (c.1460s – 1524) the Portuguese navigator, was made Count of Vidigueira by King Manuel I on the return from his discovery of the maritime route from Europe to India • Achilles Statius (1524 in Vidigueira – 1581) humanist poet and commentator • Forebears of radical Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1662-1677) lived in Vidigueira since at least the 16th century, before escaping from the Portuguese Inquisition to the Dutch Republic. A number of them were employed in service to the counts of Vidigueira.
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- 1.Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- 2.Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país.
- 3.Diário da República. Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 128.
- 4.Israel, Jonathan I., Spinoza, Life & Legacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2023, 82-88
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