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1. Geographical Location
Cartaxo is a town in the district of Santarém with 9,500 inhabitants, is part of the coordination committee and development regionalde Tejo.Cartaxo Lisbon and Valley is the county seat with 8 parishes: Cartaxo, Lapa, Ereira, Vale of pinta, Pontével, Vale da Pedra, Valada and Vila Chã Ourique 2. Origin of name CARTAXO
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The remote ancient times, the Queen Isabel passing porvesta saw many land birds that sang beautifully, asked a peasant woman who were those birds, and she answered that they were Carterton, and from that time this land was named after the Cartaxo
3. HISTORY
The existence of the town of Carterton will undoubtedly be far fetched. The proximity of Santarem, whose walls were well fought between Muslims and Christians, and the devastating raids on neighboring populations hit the certainly Cartaxo. [5] D. Sancho II called it "dead fire" and thought to repopulate the place of the "Stonechat" and the neighbor Cartaxinho (now Riverside Cartaxo), so this gave their land reguengueira Peter Pacheco, being forced to build it there a hostel for the poor . Neither Peter nor his descendants Pacheco fulfilled this obligation. [5] Later, the villagers asked D. Dinis to give them a letter of settlement. D. Denis met the letter of request and granted a charter to 20 men and their successors so that they do there "poor" in their "place of Carterton". [5] They were obliged to give the king, each year, the eighth part of the bread , wine and linen, "in the floor being the bread, wine and linen mill in the Tendal" and "barren hill" to cultivate, just past 3 years or 5 years if they were vineyards, is that they require the payment of the forum. The same would apply to all future inhabitants of the place. Forced everyone to also make good homes and good pens "and let go." The abuses or crimes against someone was punished by 6000 to double wages and payment of injury. [5] This charter was subsequently confirmed by D. John I to July 27, 1387, and D. Manuel I on November 4, 1496. [5] One of the problems of the residents had to do with the abuses of the "Justice of Santa." Some documents allude to the fact that, as well as the royal repairs. Just
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shows, for example, a letter of Almeirim of January 6, 1458, in which D. Afonso V meets cartaxenses complaints against the oppression of Gonçalo Galvão, judge of the town of Santarem. [5] The increasing population and progress of agriculture encouraged the claim of exemption against the jurisdiction of United States. Only in 1815 by the license as Rio de Janeiro on 10 December of that year, D. John VI grants Cartaxo (then "Cartacho"), administrative independence and elevates it to a town,"(that) will have an end beyond its former Desctrito, places of Valle and the Port of Muge, and Parishes of Valle Pinta, Pontével, Ereira and Lapa ...". [5] It became a city on 21 June 1995
População Área Freguesia Cartaxo Ereira Lapa Pontével Valada Vale da Pedra Vale da Pinta
10.092 632 1.223 4.424 878 1.723 1.415
Vila Chã de Ourique 2.942
Mapa
19,0 km² 5,8 km² 6,5 km² 29,0 km² 40,9 km² 13,3 km² 8,9 km²
33,2 km²
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4. The COUNTY The board of Stonechat was a crossing point into the country by river (River Tejo) and land routes, there was a Roman road from Lisbon and passed to Alenquer following Scallabis (Santarém), that crossed the territory Cartaxo.
5. GEOGRAPHY Council: 158.17 km2 area 24,840 people 8 parishes North: Santarém East: Almeirim SEE: Magicians Salvaterra West: Azambuja 6. HYDROGRAPHY The part of the county corresponding to the peneplain is traversed by numerous small streams, most temporarily, leading into the so-called "channel Azambuja" (parallel to the Tagus). The Tagus River runs through the county at about 12 km, extension is often invaded by the waters, enhanced by the large amount of transport to load derived from vine growing in soils of peneplain erosináveis (without any protective measures). The parish of Valada, hardest hit by the floods, is "protected" by a secular dike, the dike Valada, longitudinal and unsinkable, about 23 km,
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extending from the levee of the Omnia to the White House. After all, this dock allows Valada fields are "those who have best aspect of all fields of Ribatejo, with the exception of the marshland Grande." 7. ECONOMY 11.892ha of crop 2.475ha of forest area 1.465ha area of social 1,955 farms The occupation of the agricultural area is 8.696ha distributed as follows: Permanent crops: 40% came The 2nd largest wine producer in the flatlands of the ribatejo and largest producer of red wine and the 3rd largest producer of white wine The distribution structure of the sector is as follows. Crop Production: 84.5% Livestock: 14.5% Production Forestry: 3.0% In addition to the wine industry also has grain production, horticultural, fruit and also has activity and ceramic pig.
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However the business in this board allows some dynamism and development to the county Infrastructure • School education cycle 2 and 3, with courses and professional education courses and training • Health Center Cartaxo with two family health units (D. Sancho I and USF USF Cartaxo Terra Viva) • Firefighters • GNR • PSP 8.CULTURE Cartaxo is inserted in the Ribatejo Region Tourism
• Cultural Center, streamlines theater, dance, music and film
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Ateneu artístico cartaxense: handball, basketball, gymnastics • Stadium: athletics and football
Stadium: athletics and football
9. HERITAGE What and Where Rural Museum Vine and Wine - Cartaxo Museum of Miniatures Cartaxo Chavões Palace of Vila Cha Ourique Village of Palhota Valada Quinta da Fonte Bela
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Valada - Vale de Santarém Cruise - Cartaxo Church of Our Mrs. of Purification - Pontével Pillory Cartaxo
10.Gastronomy Regional food in the city are Cartaxo
Corn bread
Sardines
Torricado
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Meat: pig, rabitt and chicken
Fish: Sável, fataça and eels
Candies
rice pudding,
wafers,
Sponge cake
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cartaxinhos
11. CARTAXO CAPITAL WINE Project "Wine Capital" has the potential to boost the county's pretender encourage and promote culture and region.
Tour the Wine Route Stimulating the Rural Museum and Wine Cartaxo Finding the county, through its eight parishes, is an attractive cover "Wine Route" and know the culture and daily life of local people, proud of the richness of its traditions and customs, their festivals, their folklore, the its gastronomy and its tradidonais bullfighting. The discovery of the county Cartaxo can be done through two tours, "Countryside" and "Quarter", which, taken together, provide the visitor a pleasant and unforgettable stay.
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Itineraries The discovery of the county Cartaxo can be done through two tours, "Countryside" and "Quarter", which, taken together, provide the visitor a pleasant and unforgettable stay. Itinerary "Subdivision": Cartaxo - Cruise Manueline (Mon. National), a collection of miniature handcrafted Athenaeum BC Rural and Wine Museum. Vale da Pinta - Well of St. Bartholomew Church. Ereira, Lapa and Pontével - Beautiful landscapes dominated by vineyards, Church of Pontével (Mon. public interest), pleasant places to be in this beautiful and friendly village. Return to the itinerary Cartaxo or continuation of the Field. Itinerary of the "Field": Cartaxo. Vila Cha Ourique - Monument of the Battle of Ourique evocative, Solar Chavões (Mon. public interest) • Valada - Dykes, picnic area, huts (small typical village of fishermen), the landscape of the Tagus River and meadowlands • Stone Valley. Return to the itinerary Cartaxo or continuation of the district. These itineraries can be supplemented with visits to wineries and agricultural property included in the Wine Route.
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12. FAIRS AND FESTIVALS May 1 - Feast of Wine November 1 - All Saints Sunday Each parish has its festivals, there is the party of
farmers Pontével
13. SPORTS The most played sport on the board of Stonechat is football, each village has its club, taking part in the championships INATEL to support these clubs, sports centers have pavilions, the municipal stadium and sports complex Cartaxo fifth of bucks..
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NETGRAFIA
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartaxo
http://www.cm-cartaxo.pt/cartaxo
http://www.centroculturalcartaxo.com/
www.ribatejo.com
http://www.ivv.min-agricultura.pt/np4/1505.html
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