Trancoso () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 9,878,
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Beira Interior Norte () is a former Portuguese subregion (NUTS level 3) in the Centro Region. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.Castle of Trancoso
Castelo de Trancoso is a castle in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument
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. The municipality is served by the Vila Franca das Naves
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* Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp
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train station on the Beira Alta line from Pampilhosa to the Spanish border.
Trancoso is well known as the place where the 16th-century poet and shoemaker António Gonçalves de Bandarra lived and made his prophetic texts. A statue of him was erected in front of the city hall.
Trancoso is also the birthplace of Isaac Cardoso
Isaac (Fernando) Cardoso was a Jewish physician, philosopher, and polemic writer. Life
He was born of Marrano parents at Trancoso, near Celorico, in the province of Beira, Portugal in 1603 or 1604 and died at Verona in 1683. He was an older bro ...
, born in 1603 or 1604. He was a renowned Jewish author, philosopher, and physicist. Cardoso died in Verona in 1683. His parents were members of the extensive Marrano
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community in Trancoso that left behind 300 Hebrew inscriptions. 700 Trancoso Jews were persecuted during the Inquisition
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.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 21 civil parishes (''freguesias
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Notable people
* António Gonçalves de Bandarra (1500 in Trancoso - 1556) a Portuguese writer and shoemaker
* Isaac Cardoso
Isaac (Fernando) Cardoso was a Jewish physician, philosopher, and polemic writer. Life
He was born of Marrano parents at Trancoso, near Celorico, in the province of Beira, Portugal in 1603 or 1604 and died at Verona in 1683. He was an older bro ...
(1603/4 at Trancoso - 1683) a Jewish physician, philosopher and polemic writer.
* Eduarda Lapa
Eduarda Lapa (1895 — 1976) was a painter and painting teacher who specialized in naturalist painting, especially still life, becoming known as the "flower painter" and the "ambassador of colours". An active feminist, she was the first woman to j ...
(1895 in Trancoso — 1976) a painter and painting teacher, specialized in naturalist still lifes
Gallery
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References
External links
Municipality official website
Municipalities of Guarda District
Cities in Portugal
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