Queluz, Portugal
38°45′05″N 09°15′59″W / 38.75139°N 9.26639°W
Queluz | |
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City | |
 Queluz National Palace, one of the symbols of Queluz | |
| Country | Portugal |
| District | Lisbon |
| Municipality | Sintra |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 78,273 |
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| NNNN-NNN CITY NAME (All Capital letters) - Ex. 2745-010 QUELUZ | 2745-000 to 2745-999 |
Queluz (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɛˈluʃ]) is a Portuguese city located in the municipality of Sintra, in the Greater Lisbon Area.. It comprises the parishes of Massamá, Monte Abraão and Queluz and has over four parishes in his area of influence: Almargem do Bispo, Belas, Barcarena and Casal de Cambra. The city has a population of 78.273.[1]
Queluz City was created on July 24, 1997 by Law No 88/97[2]. Before, Queluz was a village.
Crossed by Jamor river, the city with the Queluz National Palace was the seat of the Portuguese court in the eighteenth century.
Climate
Queluz has a microclimate that is a Upper Thermo-Mediterranean sub-humid. The average annual precipitation is 825 mm[3]
Toponym
As for the origins of the name of the city, there are huge disputes over time, and the prevailing thesis of David Lim and Jose Pedro Machado, through which is the junction of the Arabic words câ - tight valley - and Llûs - - almond - which got its present name, which means in terms of origin "The Valley of the Almond Tree."
Some argue, however, that the name of Queluz is due to the Mountain of Light - now Monte Abraão - where was made the worship to the sun.
Human occupation dates back Queluz proven to Late Neolithic / Chalcolithic (between IV and III millennium BC), as witness monuments and vestiges.[4]
History
History until the seventeenth century
The early settlement was established in Queluz in 4200 BC. In 2000 BC a settlement was built in Massamá. In the year 1147, when the Christian conquest Lisbon was conquered too the Heath of Queluz.
In the first and second Millennium and until the eighteenth century, Queluz was a local for houses and farms of the clergy and nobility. Queluz was Lisbon and ending in the year 1768 the Senate put one term in Massamá[5]
Environment
The city of Queluz has various parks, however there are three main ones. Two are in the parish of Queluz and the other is in the parish of Massamá[6]
Queluz Forest or "Matinha de Queluz" The Queluz Forest is a small forest walled, with around 21 hectares. It is an isolated wooded area, located on the Queluz city, assuming an importance that justifies its suitability for public use. Is a forest area of great ecological wealth and landscape, a true relic of vegetation climate. In Portuguese it's called "Matinha de Queluz."
Salgueiro Maia Park The Salgueiro Maia park has only one hectare. In summer is open from 9:30 a.m. to 20:00. In winter is open from 9:30 a.m. to 18:00. It is a space with areas of lawn, a anfitriatro and a playground. Is also devoted to sport.
Felício Loureiro Park This is the most emblematic park of the Queluz city. Fairly wooded, with equipment that enable users to recreation, leisure and exercise.
Divided into two zones, the first extends along the river Jamor, where he stands among other equipment, the sculpture of José Pedro Croft and the ducks on the Jamor river. The second zone includes the circuit of exercise, as well as grassy areas geared towards recreation and leisure.
Demographics
| Evolutionary picture of the resident population in the city of Queluz (1830–2001)[7] | ||||||||
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| 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |
| 3.225 | 4.967 | 7.968 | 15.746 | 27.815 | 48.112 | 60.370 | 78.273 | |
Economy
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Nightlife
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Local festivities
Seventeenth Fair
On July or in August there is a fair outside of Pousada de Dona Maria that recreates the golden period of the Queluz Palace.The admission is free.
The Seventeenth Fair recreates the era of the reign of Queen Mary I and provide to local community and visitors a real journey in time in which there are many artisans and merchants, to recreate arts and crafts of the time.
There are animation and characters that form of entertainment and culture will remind facts related to the eighteenth time, where Queluz hosted the Portuguese Court.
Choral concerts
Sometimes, on Sunday afternoon there are choral concerts at the Queluz National Palace. The city has three choirs and sometimes have to act Queluz other.
Monte Abraão Fair
The Monte Abraão Fair is held every Saturday and is the biggest of Queluz. On fair we can buy clothes, food, handicrafts, vegetables, flowers, shoes, tools, etc. The Fair is in "Rua Cidade Desportiva" and there isn't frippery for sale. The open hour is eight a.m.
Sport
Culture
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Architecture
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Schools
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Transport
Train
The city of Queluz has three train stations. The railway line has frequent trains and linking Queluz to Lisbon, to Amadora and to Sintra[8]
There is a train station by parish. In the parish of Monte Abraão, station called Monte Abraão, in the parish of Massamá the station is called Barcarena-Massamá and in the parish of Queluz the station is called Queluz-Belas.
Bus
There are many buses, of Vimeca that connect Queluz to Oeiras, to Lisbon, to Amadora, and to Carcavelos[9]
Taxi
In the city of Queluz can not catch a taxi on the street when it is in progress. Only can take a taxi service in Taxi Square or calling it by telephone. There are five Taxis Squares in the city of Queluz.
Historical personalities
Isaac Abravanel Thinker of Jewish origin (Lisbon, 1437-Venice, 1508) lived several years in the region of Queluz, most likely in the area of Monte Abraão. Isaac Abravanel published comments on the Bible and the Torah in Hebrew and studies philosophical and apologetic.
António Enes Born in Lisbon on August 15, 1848 and died in Queluz August 6, 1901. He graduated from the course on literature and worked in the Jornal do Comércio, Gazeta do Povo, O País, Progresso, Correio da Noite, Novidades e O Dia.
Alberto Pimentel Alberto Pimentel was born in Porto in 1849 and died in Queluz in the year 1925. He wrote about 200 works of literature and lived with Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão. Alberto Pimentel, prose writer of merit, has spent the last years in isolation from his library, surrounded by memorabilia in Queluz, where he died.
João de Pinho e Cruz Born in 1874 and this was a known doctor in the town of Queluz. He has clinical Almargem Bishop and Queluz, where he resided. It was the only councilman elected by regionalist to officiate in 1925. Former vice chairman of the Senate Hall.
Manuel Vilela Fernandes de Barros Born in 1875. He lived in Queluz which owned a pharmacy. He was assistant to the Registrar, Director of the Lusitano College and for some years and third substitute of the Judge in the county. He joined the lists of the Portuguese Republican Party in 1919 and 1922. Three years later joined the lists of the Democratic Left. Played in the House of Sintra the positions of Member of the Executive Board of Alderman and Deputy Executive Chief.
João Baptista Cosiglièri Pedroso Gomes da Silva (Cosiglièri Pedroso) Born in 1883, owned and resided in Queluz. Was a substitute for the prosecutor. In 1925, joining the list of "Left" was elected to the General Prosecutor of the District. He was also Chairman of the Executive Committee (1919) and to the General Prosecutor of the District (1925).
José Stuart Carvalhais Born in Vila Real, in 1887, lived most of his life on the street Conde Almeida Araujo in Queluz. He was a painter and caricaturist, his work being closely linked to Queluz. His son, told the Jornal de Queluz, said: "To Stuart, Queluz was his refuge, the nostalgia of his childhood transmontana, his love for Nature. The most important point - for him - was the Garden, perhaps because substantiate everything rather than deeply loved. "
Mário Pinto He lived in the city of Queluz for over 40 years. Born in 1926 and began his career as a photographer in 1940. Participated in more than 1200 international exhibitions around 3000 cm photographic work accepted. In 1965, Mário Pinto presented an exhibition of his photographs at the Palace of the 2nd Marquis of Pombal, in Queluz. Mário Pinto was celebrating his 25 year career.
Ruy Belo Ruy Belo was born in Rio Maior in 1933 and died on Monte Abraão in 1978. Was a translator of Saint-Exupéry, Montesquieu and Jose Luis Borges and this is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. The city of Queluz honored the poet to give his name to a school of Mount Abraham, where he lived for over forty years.
Alberto Neto Padre Alberto Neto was ordained priest on August 15, 1957. It was known as Padre Alberto and was a pioneer of modern Catholic Portuguese. He was pastor of Fine from 1979 to 1982 and 1984 he was pastor at Rio de Mouro. Before his death he taught at the Lycée de Queluz, now School Padre Alberto Neto.[10]
References
- ^ . UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Census of 2001 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
- ^ . Law No 88/97
- ^ . Green Plan of the Municipality of Sintra
- ^ "Projecto de Lei nº 229/VII - Elevação de Queluz à categoria de cidade". PCP. Retrieved 6 de Janeiro 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ . Cronologia da cidade de Queluz
- ^ . Parks Queluz City Guide
- ^ . Law Project nº 229/VII
- ^ . CP
- ^ . Vimeca
- ^ . Cidade de Queluz
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