São João de Areias
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São João de Areias is a Portuguese
parish
in the district of Santa Comba Dão
, with an area of 21,44 km². The population in 2001 is 2,283 inhabitants, with a density of 106,5 hab/km².
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...
parish
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
in the district of Santa Comba Dão
Santa Comba Dão
Santa Comba Dão is a city and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 112.0 km² and a total municipal population of 12,393 inhabitants...
, with an area of 21,44 km². The population in 2001 is 2,283 inhabitants, with a density of 106,5 hab/km².
Parish's villages
- S. João de Areias
- Prados
- Vila Dianteira
- Casas Novas
- Cernada
- Castelejo
- Casal
- Silvares
- Guarita
- S. Miguel
- Cancela
- Fonte do Ouro
- Campolinho
- Vale Pinheiro
- Póvoa dos Mosqueiros
- Quintas: Quinta do Borges & Irmão; Quinta da Mascota; Quinta da Levegada (Cancela), etc.
Monuments
- Pelourinho de São João das Areias
- Igreja Matriz (18th century) - São João de Areias
- Casa das Armas Reais - São João de Areias
- Casa de D.ª Georgina Loureiro - Vila Dianteira
- Casa do Dr. José da Silva Carvalho - Vila Dianteira
- Solar dos Serpa Pimentel - Guarita
- Casa dos Neves de Lemos - Póvoa dos Mosqueiros
Famous people
- José da Silva Carvalho (1782–1856), labourer of the 1820 Revolution and minister of D. João VIJohn VI of PortugalJohn VI John VI John VI (full name: João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael; (13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826) was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (later changed to just King of Portugal and the Algarves, after Brazil was recognized...
, of D. Pedro IV, and of D.ª Maria II. - Francisco de Serpa Saraiva (1781–1850), first Baron of São João de Areias.
- Manuel de Serpa Pimentel (1818–1910), second Baron of São João de Areias.
See also
- São João de Areias (in Portuguese)