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Elevation Of The Village Of Ancede, In The Municipality Of Baião, Porto District, Village

Original Language Title: Elevação da povoação de Ancede, no Município de Baião, Distrito do Porto, à categoria de Vila

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DRAFT LAW NO. 127 /X

ELEVATION OF THE SETTLEMENT OF ANCEDE, IN THE CONCELHO DE

BAIÃO, TO THE CATEGORY OF VILLAGE

I-historic Contributus

Ancede, population that stretches along the Douro River, has roots

historical that are lost in time. Having ceded a good portion of your

geographical area (62 years ago) for the creation of the neighbor and young freguish of

Ribadouro, continues to be, in the ensemble of the riparian freguesiers of the

concelho, the first on surface, the third in population and " (...) maybe the

more important freguesia of the county (...) "-as stated by the author

Maria Luísa Carneiro Pinto in the first monograph on Baião, published

in 1949.

The commonly accepted explanation for the toponym "Ancede" is the one that

makes it derivate from the name of a Germanic warrior, Ansedus , although the

popular tradition make reference to an expression used by D. Afonso

Henriques, when this one headed to the monks of the Convent.

The story of Ancede goes back to the times in which the Romans

have occupied the spaces previously dominated by the Castros of the beautifully

landscape of the Ovil Valley, where currently the açude of the mini-

water and the complex of the former textile spinning mill. As testimony

of those times, Ancede brings together, at present, in its historical heritage,

a few vases and bronze coins, ceramic fragments, traces of

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rectangular houses, a ara dedicated to Jupiter, on the Fifth of Monastery, and

still a necropolis attached to the Old Church of the primitive Monastery of Ermelo.

From the medieval era it stands out the importance, for this population, of the

passage of two lanes from the crossing of the Douro,

similarly framed in the paths that led to Santiago de

Compostela: the one that proceeded from the Douro's Oliveira, underwent the place of the Arch

of Lordelo (where up to the last century existed the "memorial" or

"memorial" of the twelfth century, which contained two graves of personalities

important in the region, and where there is, equally, a painting by Santiago na

Chapel of the Lady of the New Boas) following by the New House, to

Lamb and Amarante, and the one that departed from Porto Manso followed by the " Path

from the Crasto ", to the vicinity of the Ancede Convent, continuing by

Penalva and Eiriz, for Marco from Canavezes. This second itinerary

took advantage of part of a Roman way, before the Chapel of S. Domingos.

However, the greatest testimony to the historical relevance of this freguesia

rests on the existence of its two Conwinds: the former Monastery of

Ermelo, previous to the nationality, from which stands out the Romanesque Church, from

three ships, ranked as National Interest Monument (some

historians maintain that the first construction would be prior to invasion

mourisca, that is, still from the times of the visigotic domination), and the

Convent of Ancede, first of the Order of the Crúzios and, later, of the

Dominicans, equally prior to the Mourbait invasion, or at least

coevo of the foundation of the nationality-for it came to obtain Letter of Couto from

D. Afonso Henriques in 1141. To him he finds himself annexing the present Church

Matrix, which, in addition to its unspeakable architectural value, contains a

precious museological core of art sacra, which includes, in addition to

valuable pieces of paramentry, a Custocustody (which is said to have gone out of the

hands of Gil Vicente), various processional crosses and a safe with the head

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of the "frade santo", all in silver, and, still, paintings inspired by the School of

Vasco grain and remarkable exemplars of religious statuary.

Add yet to this patrimonial the unmistakable ensembles

sculptors from the octagonal Chapel of the Lord of the Good Despacho, erected in the

framework of the same Church.

Still related to this Convent, and of Romanesque inspiration,

though probably from the séc. XIII, is the ark in granite, with large

decorative wealth, which is found today in the National Museum Soares dos

Reis, from Porto, to which served from grave the important family person of the

region.

On the heritage classification pathway of this entire complex

architectural finds himself contemplated the Convent who, by his

indisputable value, is in the first set of monuments that the

Ministry of Culture has integrated into its programme of reclamation works

heritage of the northern region.

In addition to the religious, cultural and economic importance of the Couto

from Ancede ", then so assigned, other testimonies attest, still

today, the duality and secular importance of this freguesia.

They are an example of this the numerous houses of large families

tradition, many of them crested (being that of Penalva ranked as of

national interest), and where they inhabited writers, parliamentarians, two

civil governors, professors of the University of Coimbra, a rector of the

same University, and ministers of the kingdom. It stands out also the House of

Fifth of Monastery, which contained a true museum of archaeology,

but unfortunately, devastated about 40 years ago by a ruthless

fire.

To these roots is not alhement the fact that, in Ancede, being based

more ancient association of the county, with century and a half of "existence", and

a dynamic school of music: the Ancede Martial Band, founded by

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D. Miguel de Soutomayor, lord of the House of Esmoriz, writer and

musical composer, to which if they came to join, subsequently, two others

prestigious associations of sport, cultural and social-a

Sports Association of Ancede and the Cultural Sporting Association Arc

United.

In the traditional arts it would be unforgivable not to mention the fame that

cemented in the region the famous "singles" who, since the Middle Ages,

follow the rituals ranging from the "apprentice" to the "master", going through the

"artist" and who often more than the specialized work in

stone canterie, came to produce true sculptural works,

scattered across the Country and abroad.

II-Socio-economic conditions

Ancede's freguesia has a socio-economic activity based

in the following strands:

More representative business activities:

-Cafés / snacks;

-Restaurants;

-Supermarkets;

-Ready-to-dress;

-Sapatarias;

-Household household appliances;

-Houses of furniture;

-Talhos;

-Markets;

-Paperarias/ bookstores;

-Pastries;

-Residential;

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-House of rural tourism;

-Workshops of handicrafts in stone would sing;

Services:

-Banking delegation (to be opened briefly);

-Matching deposits of CTT;

-Agency for insurance;

-Pharmacy;

-Medical post;

-Unit of health;

-School EB 2, 3;

-School of music;

-School of driving;

-Two sports associations;

-Parish / Convent of Ancede;

-Cemetery;

-Joint of freguesia;

-Fuel post.

The settlement of Ancede has, still, an important area

industrial (the most important of the concelho), marked by the presence of two

beverage companies and a transport network secured by the line

railroad from the Douro-Mosteirô station-and by EN 108 and 321, which

interconnect with both the surrounding populations as well as with the large

centres (Vila Real / Amarante/Porto). This population is, equally, served

by the largest road transport interface, both for the concelho of

Baião, like the neighboring counties that stand on the other bank of the river

Douro, Cinfos and Resende.

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III-Geo-demographic characterization

According to the data of the Census 2001, the Ancede freguesia of the

concelho de Baião and district of Porto, counts 2618 residents (221.3

inhabitants per km 2) and 2030 voters and a corresponding geographical area

at 11.83 km to 2.

In these terms, and in those of Law No. 11/82, of June 2, the settlement of

Ancede brings together the conditions required to be eleved to the village category.

Thus, the Deputies of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party,

below signed, present, under the constitutional provisions and

applicable regimental, the following draft law:

Single article

The settlement of Ancede, in the county of Baião, is elevated to the category

from village.

The Deputy,

(José Luís Carneiro)