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Grândola
Grândola (, ) is a town (''vila'') and municipality in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 13,822, in an area of . Besides the town of Grândola, it includes areas such as Tróia (part of Carvalhal parish), a peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Sado River, and the popular summer resort of Melides. The municipality also features the Serra de Grândola mountain range and its coastline is partly within the Comporta region. Grândola is known for inspiring the song "Grândola, Vila Morena" by José Afonso, which became an iconic symbol during the Carnation Revolution. The song was used as the second, secret radio broadcast signal on the 25th of April 1974, confirming that the military coup was underway. Its airing just after midnight following " E depois do adeus" on Rádio Renascença, marked the start of the revolution. The municipal holiday is October 22, the anniversary of Grândola's first foral (charter). The current mayor of Grândola is Antó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grândola, Vila Morena
"Grândola, Vila Morena" (English: ''Grândola, Swarthy Town'') is a Portuguese language, Portuguese song by singer-songwriter Zeca Afonso, José Afonso, recorded in 1971. It was originally released in Afonso's 1971 album ''Cantigas do Maio'' and later released in an Extended play, EP of the same name in 1973, and as a Single (music), single in 1977. "Grândola, Vila Morena" became an iconic song in Portugal after being used as a radio-broadcast signal by the Portuguese Armed Forces Movement during their Coup d'état, military coup operation on the morning of 25 April 1974, which led to the Carnation Revolution and the transition to democracy in Portugal. It has since been considered a symbol of the revolution and anti-fascism. Composition and structure José Afonso was inspired to write a song about the town of Grândola after performing at the ''Sociedade Musical Fraternidade Operária Grandolense'', a working-class musical fraternity in Grândola, on 17 May 1964. Afonso create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grândola Municipal Chamber
The Grândola Municipal Chamber () is the administrative authority in the municipality of Grândola. It has 4 freguesias in its area of jurisdiction and is based in the town of Grândola, on the Setúbal District. These freguesias are: Azinheira dos Barros e São Mamede do Sádão; Carvalhal; Grândola e Santa Margarida da Serra and Melides. The Grândola City Council is made up of 7 councillors, representing, currently, two different political forces. The first candidate on the list with the most votes in a municipal election or, in the event of a vacancy, the next candidate on the list, takes office as President of the Municipal Chamber. List of the Presidents of the Municipal Chamber of Grândola * António Figueira Mendes – (1976–1989) * Cândido Matos Gago – (1989–1993) * Fernando Travassos – (1993–2001) * Carlos Vicente Beato – (2001–2013) * António Figueira Mendes – (2013–2025) ''(The list is incomplete)'' References {{Municipal Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Afonso
José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos (2 August 1929 – 23 February 1987), known professionally as José Afonso and also popularly known as Zeca Afonso, was a Portuguese singer-songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of Portugal's folk and protest music scene. His music played a significant role in the resistance against the dictatorial Estado Novo regime, making him an icon in Portugal. Afonso's song " Grândola, Vila Morena" was used as a radio-broadcast signal by the Armed Forces Movement during their military coup operation in the morning of 25 April 1974, which led to the Carnation Revolution and the transition to democracy in Portugal. Subsequently, Afonso's music, along with "Grândola, Vila Morena," became emblematic of the revolution, anti-fascism, the Portuguese labor movement, and the political left. Biography 1929–1940: Early life José Afonso was born in Aveiro on 2 August 1929. His parents were José Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comporta
Comporta, also known as the Comporta Coast (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Costa da Comporta''), is a region in the northwestern coast of the Alentejo, in Portugal, south of the Lisbon metropolitan area. Comporta is one of the most exclusive summer destinations in Europe, which has earned the region the nickname as "the Hamptons of Europe". The region, which takes its name from the Comporta (civil parish), village of Comporta, spans the coastal areas of the Alentejan municipalities of Alcácer do Sal and Grândola. Comporta has become a notable design center and home to a community of famous designers and artists, including fashion designer Christian Louboutin, architect Philippe Stark, designer Pierre Yovanovitch, painter Jason Martin (artist), Jason Martin, amongst others. Comporta is associated with its so-called "Comporta Style" (''Estilo Comporta'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese), the local architectural and design style characterized by traditional Portuguese archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarida Da Serra
Santa Margarida da Serra is a former civil parish in the municipality of Grândola, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Grândola e Santa Margarida da Serra Grândola (, ) is a town (''vila'') and municipality in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 13,822, in an area of . Besides the town of Grândola, it includes areas such as Tróia (part of Carvalhal parish), a peninsula betw .... It covers an area of 52.38 km2 and had a population of 243 as of 2001. References Freguesias of Grândola Former parishes of Portugal {{Setúbal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melides
Melides (, ) is a parish in the Grândola municipality in the Setúbal District of Portugal. It has an area of 155.2 km2 and had 1,459 inhabitants as of the census of 2021. The agricultural parish borders the Atlantic Ocean and has become a popular area for summer homes. The village is located directly east of the Melides lagoon and its floodplain and its surrounding landscape includes forests of eucalyptus, pine and cork. History Human occupation of the area dates back to the Neolithic era. The Dolmen of Pedra Branca is a megalithic burial tomb from around 2500 BCE, while the Necrópole de Cistas das Casas Velhas is a Bronze Age necropolis. Both can be visited. The village is believed to date back to the end of the 15th century, when a parish was created in the church of St. Marinha. It is believed to have been formed by the gradual concentration of houses from fishermen and farmers who lived in the vicinity. The village possessed a small fishing port, but during the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Dam Of Pego Da Moura
The Roman Dam of Pego da Moura is a small buttress dam situated in the municipality of Grândola in the Setúbal District of Portugal. Description The dam was constructed during the middle of the Roman occupation of Portugal. Built in two phases, it consists of a rectilinear wall that was originally about 40 metres long. The ruins have a maximum height of 3 m. and a thickness of 2.90 m. There are six downstream buttresses that are 2.50 m. apart, which are around 2.70 m. thick and 2.90 m long. There is also a semi-circular well, built in masonry, which probably comes from a later period. The dam was almost entirely constructed using ''opus incertum''. In the middle there is a vaulted chamber for which ''opus signinum'' was used. Traces of a water mill can be identified. The dam is located on a small stream and has an approximate watershed of just 2.3 km2. The area of water that could be dammed was around 0.12 km2. The small size means that researchers have concluded that the dam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tróia Peninsula
Tróia () is a peninsula located in Grândola Municipality (parish of ), Portugal, next to the Sado River estuary. Tourism is the peninsula's main economic activity due to its long beaches facing the Atlantic. There is a ferry boat connection between the peninsula and the city of Setúbal. Tróia has important archaeological sites dating from the time when the peninsula was an island called ''Acalá'', settled by the Romans. Getting there There are two ferries; one, a catamaran, carries only foot passengers from Setúbal to the point nearest the mainland; the other carries cars, bikes etc. to a point some 4 km south-east. It is located 45 minutes from Lisbon. Main attractions The peninsula has a casino, many hotels, some restaurants, a swimming pool and white sand beaches facing the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alentejo Litoral
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Litoral (; " Intermunicipal Community of Littoral Alentejo") is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in May 2009. It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Alentejo Region. Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The seat of the intermunicipal community is [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcácer Do Sal
Alcácer do Sal () is a municipality in Portugal, located in Setúbal District. The population in 2011 was 13,046, in an area of 1,499.87 km2. History Earliest settlement There has been human settlement in the area for more than 40,000 years; archaeological investigations have placed human presence here back to the Mesolithic Period, when the first peoples began to concentrate in the areas around Alcácer. This period was characterized by exploitation of the ecosystem in the Sado Estuary, when the river extended to São Romão, involving fishing, scavenging for shellfish, hunting and foraging in the local forests. The primitive tools, made from chert, were adapted from the techniques of the late Paleolithic era. By the late Mesolithic period, people had concentrated in the area of Comporta and Torrão, later establishing primitive defensive protection to support their communities. These principal settlements were abandoned by the Copper Age, but repopulated during the Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution (), code-named Operation Historic Turn (), also known as the 25 April (), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Portugal. The coup produced major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its overseas colonies through the Ongoing Revolutionary Process (''Processo Revolucionário em Curso''). It resulted in the Portuguese transition to democracy and the end of the Portuguese Colonial War. The revolution began as a coup organised by the Armed Forces Movement (, MFA), composed of military officers who opposed the regime, but it was soon coupled with an unanticipated popular civil resistance campaign. Negotiations with African independence movements began, and by the end of 1974, Portuguese troops were withdrawn from Portuguese Guinea, which became a UN member state as Guinea-Bissau. This was followed in 1975 by the independence of Cape Verde, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E Depois Do Adeus
"E depois do adeus" () is a song recorded by Portuguese singer Paulo de Carvalho, with music composed by José Calvário and lyrics by José Niza. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, held in Brighton, having previously won 's Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa. The song's airing on 24 April 1974 at 10:55 p.m. on Emissores Associados de Lisboa Radio Station was one of the two secret signals which alerted the rebel captains and soldiers to begin the Carnation Revolution. Background Conception "E depois do adeus" was composed by José Calvário with lyrics by José Niza, and recorded by Paulo de Carvalho. The song is a ballad, with him taking the role of a man who is faced with the end of a relationship. He tells his lover how he feels, likening her to "a flower that I picked", implying that the relationship was of a comparatively short duration. He also comments on the nature of love itself, singing that it is "winning and losing". De Carvalho also recorded an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
