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Elevation Of The Village Of Tavarede, In The Municipality Of Figueira Da Foz, Coimbra District, Village

Original Language Title: Elevação da povoação de Tavarede, no município da Figueira da Foz, distrito de Coimbra, à categoria de vila

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DRAFT LAW NO. 735 /X/4.

ELEVATION OF TAVAREDE, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE FOZ FIG TREE, TO THE CATEGORY OF VILLAGE

Exhibition of reasons

1. The origins and historical evolution

The origin of the word Tavarede continues even today to not have a completely enlightening explanation.

It can derive from the Latin-origin word "Tabes" that means moistdecer, rot, decompose. Tavarede is situated on lands that have been swampy, humid and sickened. We must not forget that the suffix "Etum", in addition to signify set of vines, also meant set of mosquitoes or flies. Will it have been "Tabes" (pantanous land) more "Etum" (set of mosquitoes) the origin of the name of Tavarede?

It is also possible that the toponym "Tavaredvi" of the eleventh century is a locative that relativises itself with Tavarian "formerly Tavarian" that it has derived.

What is known is that the settlement is of antiquated origin, having been depopulated by the action of the Muslims who, it is assumed, in addition to having given rise to depopulation, by the escape of the populations, will have destroyed the same, including the already existing church from S. Martin of Tavarede.

This brief historical resench seems to us important for this work, for, the first time that, in documents to date found, appears the name of Tavarede, it is in a donation in which in 1092, D. Elvira, daughter of the Count Sisnando, and her husband, the then governor of Coimbra, make "de loco sancti Martini in villa Tavaredi" to the procer D. João Gosendis, opulent lord who was especially heralded in the Alta Beira (present concelho of S. Pedro do Sul), but which was one of the magnates of the court of the Count Sisnando.

Later, in 1191 of the age of Christ, new donation is made. This time, it was the second King of Portugal, D. Sancho I and his wife, Queen D. Dulce, who had coured and donated to the church of Santa Maria de Coimbra the "villa that is called Tavarede and is situated on the edge of the sea".

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It was shortly after that, with the institution of the Tavarede house, began the struggles for the possession of privileges over the couture of Tavarede that the church of Coimbra, as a donatary, wanted to maintain, and that the trustees, by their power, considered themselves exempt.

It was D. Manuel I, by grace of God king of Portugal and of the Algarves, etc., who, in the year 1516, gave Foral to Tavarede. By that time it was founded by António Fernandes de Quadros the "House of Tavarede", which would be titled by the Quadros family up to the third count of Tavarede, extinguishing the title with the passing of the latter in 1903. In the séc. XVIII there were here three ermids of the lord of the Areeiro, of the lord of the Chã and of Santo Aleixo (this, of the University), all well endowed with rents, by donations, but of which there were only ruins at the ends of the séc. past, as well as of the monjas Franciscanas de Santo António, of Our Lady of Hope, founded in 1527, with protection of D. John III.

The Tavarede's concelain ended in 1834, extinct by Liberalism. Already since the pombalino decree of March 12, 1771, which had created the Comarch of the Figueira da Foz, it belonged to this one, contrary to the ancient privilege of the couture.

Heraldic:

Brasion of the Freguesia Seal of the Junta Flag

Description

Silver shield, two stage masks, comic and tragic, from blue, that of the dextra in band and that of the sinister in bar, with the ribbons of red, between a lira of purple in chief and a branch of lucia-lima, of green, flowery of its colour. Silver mural wreath of four towers. Listel white with the caption the black " TAVAREDE ".

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Obs.

The Brasão da Freguesia keeps the 4 towers, which comes to you from having already had the quality of the seat of Concelho and Vila for what is proposed to their requalification.

2. Sale of Tavarede

It is said that at the siege of the Castle of Montemor-the-Old by the Muslims, the

who had been taken, in the year 848, by the king of Lion, Ramiro I, and after this having

handed over the government of the castle to the Abbot D. João de Montemor (famous abbot of the Monastery

of the Lorvain, who got celebrated for their victories over the moirs), when already the besiegers

judged that the castle would surrender, briefly, by the famine, lo and behold that the aforementioned abbot came out

of the castle with the people of which it disused and, waging battle, managed to win and reel the

Muslims, chasing them up to Seiça.

One of the moiros bosses, who held the power of enchantment, fearful that his eight

daughters fall in power of Christians, cast upon them a spell: " for a thousand years will be

trapped in this grotto of Santa Olaia, while not to arise someone capable of breaking the charm ".

To one of them, Katija, said that their enchantment would be broken when a Christian if

approached her and told her for three times: "sois beautiful like the sun" ...

But the enchantment also envisaged: " The land to where to take you the one who comes

disenchanting you, will be an aprazible, opulent land of nature-rich, plant-rich galas

aromatics, among which one, of rustic and pleasant smell, persistent and soft, will give you the

name and will achieve fame " ...

After the outlet of Coimbra by the Count D. Sesnando, this one sent to Tavarede, as already

has previously referred to, Cidel Pais, with a view to rebuilding and repopuling the village.

Several riders accompanied this MoçArab to help him in those tasks. One of them,

by going through Santa Olaia, he saw, with admiration, eight moiras enchanted together with a grotto and

who fled when they saw him approach.

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One of them, Katija, got a little behind the sisters. Reaching out to her, the rider, who stayed

ecstatic for its beauty, did not confine itself and told it: "sois beautiful like the sun" ... Without giving by

that, repeated the phrase several times. The enchantment unfeeted!

Katija, grateful for the break of the charm that had lasted two centuries, asked the rider

to where it took her, to what this one replied that would go to Tavarede. No more, the moira followed

your liberator, remembering the words of your father: aprazible land, rich of plants

aromatics, of rustic smell and pleasant, persistent and smooth ...

3. Traditions

-Tavarede is considered unanimously the Regional Capital of the Amador Theatre, reassembling

to 1860 the first records in the press of the time relating to the representations taken to

effect by local troupes on the most affluent houses of the Povoation. Later between the

decades of 30 and 40 by virtue of the carolice of José da Silva Ribeiro, João Santos and João Gaspar

of Lemos Amorim lived down times, then as of 1950 with the exclusive authorship of the

texts by Master José Ribeiro and with musica by Professor António Simões and João da Silva

Cascano, passed down to a period when everyone wanted to watch these plays and all

the boys and girls wanted to learn how to do Theatre.

Today there are still three Collectives who are dedicated to the art of talma, though, without

doubt, the maximum exponent continues to be the school of the Tavaredese Instruction Society.

-Commemoration of the day of Tavarede, May 9, date on which was assigned the foral by El-Rei

D. Manuel in the year 1516

-Parties in honour of S. Martin, in Tavarede, at the beginning of the month of November. All the

years, on the November 11, the population of Tavarede solemnly fests the Saint

Martin. The tradition, religiosity and folklore involve the most important and ancient

manifestation of faith of this locality. The celebration is initiated with the Mass, moment in which

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inhabitants and visitors who accordion to the party pay homage and thank the saint

patron saint graces granted. Soon thereafter, the procession is carried out, which runs through the

main streets of the Freguesia. The procession is composed of several floors, representing the

places to which people make donations. And, finally, to accompany a few glasses of good

Water-foot and roasted chestnuts, an auction aimed at selling the donated genera, whose revenues

revert in favour of the church and its charitable works.

-Parties in honour of Saint António, in the principio of June, in Carritos. Saint António is the

patron of the existing chapel in place of Carritos by what in June is brought to effect

party in your honor.

-Ranches from May, at 1º May, all over the Freguesia. Popular cariz party with plenty

tradition in our land and which is thus described in the publication "Aspects of the Figueira da Foz"

from 1945:

" Drinking, in the dawn alvor of the 1º May pure, hot and fresh water, from the miracle fountain of the Várzea of Tavarede-is from the tradition that provides health, happiness, joy and luck-for the whole year. Therefore everyone from the lands to the derby of the beautiful and laughter village, wraps and joins in the praxist morning, on the wide where the bica rumorries on a crystalline thread. There is no working lady, who does not consume the ultimate April night, to flower her pot of red clay-which is great the despique in presenting, capriciously adorned, the airosy cantaries. Still the sky is a craven of stars and ill if laiva the nascent of a ténue and soft clarity, already descend from the pinses of the cruise, from the azinhagas of the Robim, from the road of Mira-following the easy and jeitous path of the Várzea de Tavarede-ranching of people lass and gumbling, singing and bailing, between laughter and folgars. " At present, as there is no longer the source of the Várzea, the ranches move to the Figueira where they act in various locations.

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4. Geographic, physical and socio-economic characterization

The Freguesia of Tavarede is located in the Center of the Foz's Figueira Concelho, in the

district of Coimbra, from whose headquarters concelhia dists about 3 kms. Got like Freguesias

border crossings Brenha to North; Alhadas and Green Village to Nascent, S. Julion to South and Buarcos and S.

Julion the Poente.

With an area of about 12 kms2, Tavarede is constituted by the following places: Abadias,

Counties, Várzea, Vila Robim, Alto S. João, Quinta da Esperança, Quinta do Paço, Lord of the

Areeiro, Azenles, Pijeciros, Robala's Casal, Saltadouro, Ferrugenta, Broeiras, Matiôa, Chan,

Couple of the Sand, Caceira, Carriages and Vergieira.

" Tavarede is situated at the bottom of the basin in a deep valley, only at four metres

above sea level, in the direction of the poent to the spring to the Cumieira, the saw of the Good

Travel.

Two branches of this saw partem-one from the point of the hamlet of the saw, prolonging-

if by the Counties to the south, until you reach the place of the Lord of the Areeiro at 600 metres to the

potent of Tavarede, where ends the horizon of that settlement by this side;-another,

departing from the same saw and in the direction of Cabanas, extends by the Saltadouro, Prazo,

Araújo, Robala's Casal, and principiing to depress on this ultimo point ends up on the edge

from the Mondego, along the shipyards.

An other mound principality to elevate itself to the place of the Lord of the Areeer, continuing the

ramification of the sawing lost at that point. From there, the mound continues for some

distance and divides afterwards into three parts: one that follows to the southwest, and is the one in

which relies on our matrix church; the other, parallel to this, is the base of the Lomba Street; the

third, growing from the pinhal to the sueste, settles on it the Lapa couple, going on to lose

the name with the shipyards.

The basin in which settles Tavarede, framed from the north, nascent and potent, by the mounds

which designei, is open south of the side where passes the Mondego, two kilometres below

of that settlement. It has length, from north to south 2,500 meters, and of width 70,

being crossed longitudinally by a ribeiro who receives the waters of the strands of the

Serra da Boa Viagem and the Saltadouro, and, past to the edge of the nascent side of

Tavarede, sliding down the plain below, goes by the fountain of Várzea to lump on the Mondego.

In the course of the riber's path are set up three azenhas. The basin, is in large part

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destitute of own land to be agriculturated, the nearest part of the river is occupied

by salt marines, whose properties belong to individuals of this village and will have an area

of 150.000m.q. It follows to the north almost another of both terrain surface area in

part apaúlado and abandoned the pousio and the spontaneous juncture vegetation. More to

top,-maybe it doesn't err the esteem-a third of the total surface of the basin that involves Tavarede

serves as a cultivation of cereals and products hortenses, but in such a small amount that poorly

compensating the work of the washer, so much so that, the owners, in most part of the Figueira,

have preferred to bring leased these lands to cultiate them on account. The renters, no

Notwithstanding running through your hands all the service of the cultivation, they derive well lean resources from that

work and so much that a large part of them, may not live solely from these

proved, comes here employing almost all the year, providing your brachial services in the

wine warehouses, such as careers, or in other misters.

Almost all of that plain possesses to this Villa a magnifying path to macadam, which,

departing from the proximity of the fifth of Dr. Borges, the four hundred metres below

Tavarede, comes to the south, around, to find the fountain of the Várzea, and to the face of here rises

to a high where bifurca to the south to find the edge of this villa by the side of the Mato,

and for poente comes hillside to the graveyard, to go out to the pinhal (the fifth of Dr. Borges was

herded by his nephew Mr. Robim Borges, hence coming, subsequently, the name of " Vila

of the Robim ").

Since its principles, Tavarede has been a vocationalized land for agriculture, well

as in the times prior to the monarchy already existed salt marines in Tavarede.

Also the orange of Tavarede had fame, in the seventeenth century, it came to be exported to

Rome, where they will never have seen fruit so tasty.

In the year 1489, the stall of the Sé de Coimbra encourages the economic life of the Couto de

Tavarede and, for the purpose, facilitates the artisanal ceramic industry, allowing Afonso

Saucer, blacksmith, resident in Tavarede, who in your house build a crockery oven.

The careers were one of the professions that most tradition left in Tavarede. Although not

was exclusive to one family, had great fame, and for many dozens of years,

those who became known for the Toquins performed all the functions with the

their joints of oxen, washed the earth and made the transport of all the materials

necessary.

With the transformations that in recent years have led to urbanization of much of the

freguesia saw alteration of the economic fabric becoming essentially of

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commercial and service intimate also due to ease of displacement which has become the

we owe to the new avenues of communication passing through the Freguesia.

5. Demography

According to the 2001 CENSOS, the Freguesia of Tavarede owned 7,644 residents and 5,985 census electors, numero that increased to 7,470 voters in 2009.

Analyzing the official data of the INE found that between the two Censos 1991/2001 the Tavarede Freguesia grew more in population and families that the rest of the Foz's Figueira Concelho

COMPARISON CENSUSES 1991 / 2001 Tavarede Concelho

1991 2001 Difer% 1991 2001 Difer%

Total population 5562 7644 2082 37.43 61555 62224 669 1.09

Population males 2701 3729 1028 38.06 29398 29766 368 1.25

Population women 2861 3915 1054 36.84 32157 32458 301 0.94

Households 1751 2756 1005 57.40 20999 22718 8.19 8.19

Housings 2392 3735 1343 56.15 32311 37757 5446 16.85

Buildings 1594 1678 84 5.27 21681 22857 5.42 5.42

6. Erected Heritage:

Paço de Tavarede

The Paço de Tavarede is the ex-libris of the Freguesia. Warrant edited in the sixteenth century by António

Fernandes de Quadros, 1º Morgado of Tavarede, a fidget of Spanish descent who

has provided distinguished services to the Portuguese crown, notably as Adail of Azamor, to whom

has been confirmed by Letter of Cotta D' Armas the crest that, even today, the old man's frontrunner

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Paço ostries. Over the years, the building has been the subject of important changes to its

initial architecture. In the late eighteenth century it was remerged the north facade and during the

nineteenth century the works of restoration, in false Manuelino, altered almost completely their

original moth, from which it stayed only the northern facade, the passage to the inner courtyard, the

main door and a Manuelina window that lies at the guard of the Municipal Museum. Already in the

Séc. XX, the Paço de Tavarede passed from hand to hand until it was acquired by the House

Municipal of the Figueira da Foz in 1981. It was classified as real estate of public interest

by Decree 28/82 of February 26. After a long period of slow agony that led him to

ruin, it has started its reconstruction, which it was only completed in principles of 2006. Ali

work the services of the DASE and Youth and Sport Division of the City Hall of the

Figueira da Foz and since November 17, 2006, also there one finds itself running the " Shop

Point Already " from the Figueira's Concelho. Other valences are planned, for a short time, for this site

linked to youth.

Source of Tavarede

Step down by a ramp in steps, with verdura and flowers to lace it. In the background, a beautiful

alpendre alberga the whispering lymph. After, it's drinking, even without thirst. The Source of Tavarede

is the girl from the eyes of the inhabitants of the township, to which it has the fame of owning the best water

of the concelain of the Figueira. Edited in 1876, it was then the target of several changes, the last

of which in 1993. Ladeated by two tile panels, where it is praised the quality of the water

and the beauty of the locality, in two blocks of the authorship of the poet Cardoso Martha, the Source is

enciled by one other panel, representing the baptism of Jesus Christ. On one of the walls

sides, also in tile, are honored " Those who of death have freed themselves

honoring and dignifying Tavarede " We can read the names of Master José da Silva Ribeiro,

Violinda Medina e Silva, João da Silva Cascano, António Jorge Silva and José Nunes Medina, the

which constitute the Freguesia Honour Frame.

Parochial Church

The present Paroquial Church of S. Martin de Tavarede already existed in the séc. XI, being possible that

it was much earlier (the holy bishop turonense is from the most remote Hispanic devotions) and

had been destroyed by the Moors and depopulated his hoop, as it was his neighbor of S.

Julion of the Foz of the Mondego. The Church of S. Martin must have been from the condo D. Sisnando, for

his death passed to the possession of his daughter D. Elvira. On the other hand, you do not talk about your

foundation, which leads to suppose, for certain, that it was already old, but out of the fury or appropriation

sisnandina, for only so do you explain yourself to have D. Elvira as your "own church", without having it

founded her or the father. In 1565 arrived at Tavarede the painter Diogo Botelho, in order to paint the

replant of the church of S. Martin, and in the year 1600 this church was treated by artists of

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Coimbra to safeguard the decay of your capel-mor. In the interior, there is a sink of

benta water dated to the year 1600.

Chapel of Santo Alexios

About 50 meters from the Church situates the Chapel of Santo Aleixo works as Salon

Parochial and Sala for Catequese of Children. On the toponymic plate of the Largo of Santo Aleixo

it can be read that " The primitive ermida local erect by the people was thirst for a brotherhood that

kept a hospital to stir up the Pilgrims and poor, SEC. XVI ".

7. The Collective and Public Interest Equipment

-Day Center and A.T.L. of S. Martin

-Home of S. Paulo

-Kindergarten and EB1 of the House Our Lady of the Rosary

-Shop Point Already

-1 Medical Clinic

-1 Clinic dentaria

-1 Haemodialysis Clinic

-1 Pharmacy

-5 Papereries

-1 Swimming Pool

-3 E.B.'s 1 public

-Capela de Santo Alexios

-Array Church

-Capela de Santo António

-Chapel of S. Paio

-Secondary School Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho

-3 Polidsports covered

-3 Polidsports discovered

-Campismo Park

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-2 Fields of tennis

-1 Stadium

-Church of All Saints of the Last Days

-3 Creches

-Clinicão

-Cemetery

-Atelier of Painting in ceramics

-4 Public sources

-2 Public Lavadors

At the level of social / cultural collectivities, Tavarede has:

-Society Instruction Tavaredense

-Carritense Musical Group

-Tavaredense Musical and Instruction Group

-Sports Club and Friendship of the Saltadouro

-Tea and Recreational Group of Chã

-CNE-Grouping 1215

-Portugal Boy Scouts Association-Group 30

-Aero Club of the Figueira da Foz

-Folklic Ranch of S. Martinho de Tavarede

-Goju Ryu Club Figueirense

-Ginásio Club Figueirense

-Naval Association 1º May

-Association of Students of the School Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho

-Portuguese Association of Disabled

-Cooperative Grain to Gram

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IPSS

-Paroquial Center of S. Martin

-House Our Lady of the Rosary

-Association Living in Joy

-Association Figueira Viva

8. Economic activities and business establishments and services

It is as follows the list of existing commercial and service establishments in the Freguesia:

-1 Condomain management company

-2 Civil construction company

-1 Carpentry and woodcarving

-2 Great surfaces

-2 Bakeries

-3 Pastries and confectioneries

-14 Cafes

-4 groceries

-2 Average Surfaces

-3 Companies of products for civil construction

-5 Fall-food stores

-7 Restaurants

-3 hairdressers and barbers

-1 Company of cosmetic products

-1 Ready-to-wear

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-2 Sapatarias

-1 Store

-2 Business studies, management, accounting and consulting

-1 Gym

-3 Stores of home appliances

-1 Florist

-3 Film Rooms

-1 Warehouse of plants and flowers

-1 Workshop carglass

-3 Stand of cars

-3 Oficins of automobiles

Thus, in the applicable regimental and legal terms, the undersigned Deputy presents the

following draft law:

Single article

The Settlement of Tavarede, in the Councelain of Foz's Figueira, is elevated to the category of Vila.

Palace of Saint Benedict, April 15, 2009.

The Deputy of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party

(João Raul Moura Portugal)