Santiago de Piães
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Santiago de Piães is a Portuguese
civil parish in the municipality of Cinfães
, having an area of 17,59 km² and population of just over 2027 inhabitants in 2001 (its density was approximately 115 inhabitants per kilometre square).
The castro
and the civitas (dating to the 9th century)" (séc. XI) was not linked to the castro of Castelo de S. Paio (located in the neighbouring parish of São Cristovão de Nogueira, and medieval centre of São Salvador. Sanfins was the seat of the medieval municipality, even as Casconha attracted most of the nobility, after Egas Moniz
raised Afonso Henriques in the municipality. The zone was the site of the Casa da Câmara e de Audiências, but also aldermen of many of the nearby parishes had homes in this parish (as was typical in the Nespereira valley).
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
civil parish in the municipality of Cinfães
Cinfães
Cinfães is a Portuguese village in the northern district of Viseu, with something like 3.300 inhabitants. It is also the main seat of a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 239.3 km² and a total population of 21,318 inhabitants....
, having an area of 17,59 km² and population of just over 2027 inhabitants in 2001 (its density was approximately 115 inhabitants per kilometre square).
History
The presence of primitive tribes in this region is reflected in the local toponymy (such as Castro, Cristelo, Cabruela and Concela). Simiarly, the Roman occupation is reflected in nuclei such as Vilar de Arca, Cimo de Vila, Cabo de Vila, Vila Verde, Vila de Antomil, Casal Joane, Casal Seco a Póvoa, while Moorish influence is reflected in Outeiro do Mouro and Lapa da Moura, and Christian influences in Sanfins (São Felix), Santa Comba and São Pedro a São Martinho (reflecting the influences of these groups). Before the 12th century, Santiago de Piães was the centre of the medieval magistrium in Sanfins(San Fiiz or Sancti Felicis).The castro
Castro culture
Castro culture is the archaeological term for naming the Celtic archaeological culture of the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula from the end of the Bronze Age until it was subsumed in local Roman culture...
and the civitas (dating to the 9th century)" (séc. XI) was not linked to the castro of Castelo de S. Paio (located in the neighbouring parish of São Cristovão de Nogueira, and medieval centre of São Salvador. Sanfins was the seat of the medieval municipality, even as Casconha attracted most of the nobility, after Egas Moniz
Egas Moniz
António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz , known as Egas Moniz , was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography...
raised Afonso Henriques in the municipality. The zone was the site of the Casa da Câmara e de Audiências, but also aldermen of many of the nearby parishes had homes in this parish (as was typical in the Nespereira valley).