Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão)

Coordinates: 38°31′08″N 9°00′58″W / 38.519°N 9.016°W / 38.519; -9.016
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Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão) is a

Palmela
. This region is very famous for the cheese and wine.

Heritage

  • tiles, carving and some paintings.[4]
  • Fountain of the Stunned: It gained its name due to the admiration that its contemplation caused. It is said that whoever drinks from these waters is permanently attached to the locality.[4]
  • José Maria da Fonseca Cellars and its Wine Museum: Housed in a 19th-century building, they showcase the old machinery to demonstrate how things evolved over a period of 150 years.[4]
  • Azeitão Tile Factory: It maintains the tradition of producing completely manual tiles, using the stoneware technique.[5]
  • Palace of the
    Dukes of Aveiro: Built in the 17th century, it is a symbol of the aristocratic past of the land. However, it is not visible. In front of it stands the pillory.[4]
  • Quinta das Torres: Sixteenth-century noble house that is now an
    tea house. It has a lake and a small fresh house in the center.[6]
  • Quinta da Bacalhoa: Famous not only for its wine, but also for hosting an important tile heritage of the 15th and 16th centuries.[6]

In Azeitão there are several farms, some of them dedicated to wine production, cheese, and the famous Azeitão pies. Others are owned by famous people, such as

Sporting Clube de Portugal, Filipe Soares Franco
.

Azeitão is the birthplace of the poet and

Nature Park of Arrábida, who died prematurely at age 27, victim of tuberculosis.[7] The parish pays several respects to the poet, especially in the house where he was born and in the Museum-Library Sebastião da Gama.[8]

In 2014, Azeitão cheese was considered one of the 50 best gastronomic products in the world, distinguished by the

Great Taste Awards, organized by the Guild of Fine Food (Ireland), known as the Oscars of Gastronomy.[9]

In June 2015, the creation of the Ovelheiro Museum, located in Palmela, that pays homage to the shepherds and cheese of Azeitão was announced.[10]

Gallery

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References

  1. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 114" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  3. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  4. ^ a b c d Paula Oliveira Silva (5 October 2004). "Nobility and wines in Azeitão". Lifecooler. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Azeitão Tile Factory - Setúbal makes tiles for Church in Gabon". Rostos.pt. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b Paula Oliveira Silva (5 October 2004). "Nobility and wines in Azeitão". Azeitão.net. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Azeitão: Sebastião da Gama was honored today in his homeland". Zoom. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Setúbal remembers the poet of Arrábida - Sebastião da Gama's 90th Birthday". Rostos.pt. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Azeitão cheese among the best products in the world". Boas Notícias. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Palmela already has an Ovelheiro Museum". SIC Notícias. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

External links

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