Ferreiros (Amares)

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Ferreiros
Civil parish
Ferreiros is located in Portugal
Ferreiros
Ferreiros
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 41°37′44″N 8°21′50″W / 41.629°N 8.364°W / 41.629; -8.364Coordinates: 41°37′44″N 8°21′50″W / 41.629°N 8.364°W / 41.629; -8.364
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Cávado
DistrictBraga
MunicipalityAmares
EstablishedSettlement: 16th century
Parish: 1514
Disbanded2013
Area
 • Total2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,212
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
4720-341
Area code253
PatronNossa Senhora da Expectação

Ferreiros is a former civil parish of the municipality of Amares in the Portuguese intermunicipal community Cávado. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Ferreiros, Prozelo e Besteiros.[1] The population in 2011 was 3,212,[2] in an area of 2.65 km².[3]

History[]

Ferreiros received its foral (charter) in 1514.[4] Originally, it was called Feira-Nova (New Fair), then referring to its importance as the gathering-place for weekly fairs, a period when the populations of the parish and municipality were relatively small.[4]

The patron saint of the parish is Santa Maria, or Nossa Senhora da Expectação (Our Lady of the Expectation), with a parochial cross located in the middle of the historical square that was the place for the weekly squares.[4]

Geography[]

Ferreiros is situated in the heart of Minho, along the valleys and hills created by confluent of the and Cávado rivers, along the flanks of the Serra do Gerês mountains.[4]

Architecture[]

Civic[]

  • Primary School of Ferreiros (Escola Primaria de Ferreiros), a 20th-century schoolhouse, constructed in the plans of the Repartição das Construções Escolares, a rectangular building with two wings and illuminated by several windows on its facade.[5]
  • Tower and Honour of the Vasconcelos (Ruínas da Torre e Honra de Vasconcelos/Casa dos Mouros), an example of one of a medieval fortified signeurial residences comprising tower, annex and chapel.[6]

Religious[]

  • Chapel of Santa Luzia (Capela de Santa Luzia), a longitudinal chapel with unique nave and presbytery, site of annual pilgrimages on 25 December, that, along with an inscription, hints at its history affiliated with the Order of Malta.[7]
  • Church of Santa Maria (Igreja Paroquial de Ferreiros/Igreja de Santa Maria).[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 14-15" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ^ Eurostat Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Junta Freguesia, ed. (2011). "Heráldica". Ferreiros (Braga), Portugal: Junta Freguesia de Ferreiros. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. ^ Basto, Sónia (2013), SIPA (ed.), Capela de Santa Luzia (IPA.00021565/PT010301090028) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 23 July 2013
  6. ^ Sereno, Isabel; Dordio, Paulo (1994), SIPA (ed.), Igreja Paroquial de Ferreiros/Igreja de Santa Maria (IPA.00001892/PT010301090005) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 23 July 2013
  7. ^ Dinis, António (1999), SIPA (ed.), Capela de Santa Luzia (IPA.00006976/PT010301090014) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 23 July 2013
  8. ^ Basto, Sónia (2012), SIPA (ed.), Igreja Paroquial de Ferreiros/Igreja de Santa Maria (IPA.00033302/PT010301090060) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 23 July 2013
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