Centro de Portugal Region

Coimbra : a city of taverns ?

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:00

The City of Coimbra is organizing a survey of taverns in the Centro city, which was a meeting place for generations of poets and students, and to carry out a plan for revitalization, preservation, and enhancement through a "Route of the Tabernas de Coimbra.” The Tabernas establishments are characteristic of times past that have played an important role in the communities in which it operated, with evidence of economic, social, cultural and even political populations. They were also centers of society, especially among the working classes. The city of Coimbra was rich in taverns. The city has embarked on an exhaustive survey, and found more than 36 taverns in operation. This is the result of a first phase of survey / characterization of the taverns carried out, covering the parishes of Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew (the area of Baixa) and the parishes of Almedina and New Cathedral (included in the area of Upper).

Feira de São Mateus

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 00:00

This Viseu fair dates back to mediaeval times and has grown over the years to include lots of music, folklore, handicraft, gastronomy and plenty of entertainment. Entertainment includes concerts, show jumping at the Horse-Riding Centre, bicycle tours, fishing competitions, parachuting and aerobatics displays at the Aeródromo Gonçalves Lobato, athletics events and more. All this can be found from August 14 to September 21 at Campo da Feira de São Mateus, right in the heart of Viseu.

“Doce Centro 2010” sweet on Tentúgal

Thursday, 22 July 2010 00:00

The Centro Region will present Tentúgal as the "Sweet Center in 2010." From May to December 2010, in the towns of Montemor-o-Velho, Arganil, Ovar, Castelo Branco, Proença-a-Nova, and Vouzela Figueiró Wine, visitors will have the opportunity to taste delicate flavors made according to recipes that are old and traditional. This event will promote traditional culture in the field of candy and sweets.

Fair Convent sweets of Tentúgal May 22 & 23, 2010 - Tentúgal - Montemor-o-Velho.

Soups & Sweets Fair - May 23, 2010 - S. Martin Cork - Arganil.

Fair Sweet Ovar – June 3 - 6, 2010 - Garden of Caster - Ovar.

Sweets Fair - June 6, 2010 - Sobral do Campo - Castelo Branco.

IV Fair of the bowl - July 31 and August 1, 2010 - Urban Park - Proença-a-Nova.

"Sweet Vouzela" - II Festival Sweets – August 7 & 8, 2010 - Vouzela.

Feast of Queijada Pereira – October 15 – 17, 2010 - Palace of the Dukes of Aveiro - Pereira – Montemor-o-Velho

V Convent Sweets Fair – October 30 & 31, 2010 - Convento de N. ª Senhora do Carmo - Figueiró dos Vinhos.

IV Fair of Children – December 10 & 11, 2010 - Proença-a-Nova.

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Thursday, 15 July 2010 00:00

Santa Clara-A-Velha in Coimbra is an Award Laureate

Sunday, 11 July 2010 00:00

The European Commission and Europa Nostra have announced 29 winners from 15 countries for the 2010 Edition of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards. In the Conversation Category the Monastery of Santa Clara-A-Velha in Coimbra is an Award Laureate. This unique Awards program highlights some of Europe’s best achievements, and showcases remarkable efforts made in safeguarding Europe’s rich architectural, landscape, archaeological and artistic heritage. Each year, the European cultural heritage community and its supporters turn their attention to the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards. Proudly celebrated annually since 2002, the ceremony showcases the greatest achievements in maintaining and preserving Europe's shared cultural heritage. Santa Clara was founded in the 1280s and Queen Isabel, whose good works led to her canonization in 1626, lived in the convent. Because of its location close to the river, the church was repeatedly flooded. By 1647 King D. Joao IV ordered the nuns to a new convent named Santa Clara-a-Nova high on a hill. The Gothic church was abandoned and as the centuries passed, it sunk into the river mud and became a charming ruin. The resorted site opened 1 year ago.