Favaios
Favaios | |
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UTC±00:00 (WET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Postal code | 5070 |
Area code | 259 |
Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20110816182334/http://freguesiadefavaios.com/ |
Favaios (Portuguese pronunciation:
History
Favaios was occupied by Roman legions between 218 BCE and 201 BCE, who took it from the tribes of Lusitanians and Hispanic clans.
The invasion of the Iberian peninsula by Arabs reached the north, where the Moors took the Roman Castle of Flávias: it would later be remembered as the "Castelo dos Mouros” (English: Castle of Moors). This occupation forced the locals to escape the region and re-established settlements away from Favaios: half the population took refuge in the area that would be renamed São Bento.[3] From this new colony the Portuguese battled the Moors of Favaios; after the expulsion of the Moors the region was covered in the destruction of these battles.[3] The destruction lead to a slow reconstruction of Favaios.
Favaios received in 1211 its Carta de Alforria (Charter of liberty/freedom) from King Afonso II, and its foral (charter) in 1270 by Afonso III (which was later confirmed in 1284 by King Denis).[3] Strangely, during the reign of Manuel I the charter was revoked in 1514, to be reinstituted the following year, ordering that the local fountain be marked with the Royal shield over an armillary sphere, surmounted by a crown.[3]
Geography
With an area of 21.45 km2, Favaios is located along a plateau in the
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Paredes, Daniel; Pinto, André (2010). Junta Freguesia (ed.). "Descobrir o Passado" (in Portuguese). Favaios (Alijó), Portugal: Junta de Freguesia de Favaios. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.