The Ul river is a tributary of the Antuã river. It is born in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, it crosses the County of São João da Madeira and the county of Oliveira de Azeméis, where it empties in the Antuã.
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Visit São João da Madeira
São João da Madeira is a Portuguese city of the District of Aveiro and of the Metropolitan Area of Porto, with 21 713 inhabitants in its urban perimeter (2011). It is home to the smallest Portuguese municipality in an area, with a single parish and only 7.94 km², corresponding to the area of the city, which gives it a high population density: 2 734.63 hab / km², but considered by many the parish most complete of Portugal. The municipality is limited to the north and west by the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, and to the east and south by Oliveira de Azeméis. Its strong development in the second half of the twentieth century led to the expansion of its urban area beyond the confines of its small county. It became an autonomous municipality of neighboring Oliveira de Azeméis on October 11, 1926, and was elevated to city status on June 28, 1984, by law no. 13/84. The motto of São João da Madeira is "Labor - Cidade do Trabalho". The city is known in Portugal for its tradition in the industrial area, particularly in relation to the manufacture of hats and footwear, recognized in the country as the "Footwear Capital".
Small Historical Review
The origins of São João da Madeira go back to a period prior to the formation of nationality, as evidenced by two letters of sale, in parchment, dating from 1088, where it is referred to the "hoe of Sancto Ioanne that dicent Mateira". The toponym "Madeira" seems to have to do, historians say, with the region's abundance of trees. These two manuscripts can be found in the archive of the city, located in the Paços da Cultura. In 1908, the inauguration of the Vouga railway line in São João da Madeira by King Manuel II of Portugal contributed to further boost the wave of entrepreneurship. São João da Madeira acquired the status of village (1922) and its administrative autonomy (1926), by dismemberment of the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis. In Decree No. 12,456, the Government considered São João da Madeira as the "most important industrial center in the district of Aveiro", whose economic and social development was being "hampered, suffocated by its inferior administrative category". The administrative independence was the result of a slow local historical stratification, having played a relevant role in this context the local press (The Regional), born of "a group of young men with blood in their veins and anxious for the constant progress of St. John of Madeira ", a group of Sanjoanese notables who constituted the" Patriotic Sanjoanense Group ", led by the Jesuit priest and Portuguese historian Serafim Leite. With its administrative autonomy, in the middle of the Second World War, the felt industry went up in Portugal. In the 1940s, the production of hair and felts was centered in S. João da Madeira, with the creation, in 1943, of National Hair Cutting, the only fur factory in the country, nationalized in 1945. In 1946, of the 1775 workers in the headwear industry in Portugal, 1212 worked in São João da Madeira. The headwear industry was an important branch of industrial activity in Portugal, and São João da Madeira was its headquarters.Geography
São João da Madeira sits on the massive back of an airy hill, between 50 and 300 meters high. The city is crossed in its greater axis, north-south, by the river Ul. The climate of S. João of Madeira is maritime. In winter rainfall rates are high and summers are short and dry. Its economy relies heavily on services and industry.
economy
In terms of employment, 62% of city workers work in the secondary sector and 38% in the tertiary sector. In 2007, São João da Madeira had 3660 companies. Micro and small and medium-sized enterprises dominate the employment landscape in S. João da Madeira, with almost 74% of workers. The city has a strong tradition in the industrial area, namely in the area of footwear. It owns the "Capital do Calçado" brand (designation registered at the National Trademark Registration Institute), containing numerous footwear and footwear components factories, as well as the Footwear Technological Center (CTC) and the Center for Professional Training of Industry Footwear (CFPIC). The city is still the largest national hat producer, and the third largest in the world.
In São João da Madeira the following parties are held:
Feast of St. John of the Bridge, 23 and 24 June. It is the biggest festival of the city, in honor of its patron saint. For a week the Avenida da Liberdade closes at night in traffic and culminates with the usual fireworks.
Feast of Our Lady of Miracles, in the week of the last Sunday of May, in the park of the same name.
The city in the Garden, a festival of increasing popularity that has been taking place since 2003, in the Municipal Garden, participating all the institutions and collectivities of the city.
To Visit:
Where to stay
Hotel A. S. de S. João da Madeira
Vacation Specials
Solar S. João (Boardinghouse)
Central Suites
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
visit Espinho
Espinho is a Portuguese city belonging to the district of Aveiro, with about 21,589 inhabitants.It is home to a small urban municipality with 21.11 km ² and 29,481 inhabitants, divided into five parishes: Anta, Espinho, Guetim, stopped and Silvalde. The city is bordered to the north by the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, on the east by Santa Maria da Feira, south and west by Ovar the Atlantic Ocean.
Small Brief History
Legend has it that in times much earlier date, a small boat that sailed along the coast was caught in a storm and sank.
Two men, Spanish Galicia, survived the tragedy, legend has it that the mercy of a promise made to Our Lady to build a little chapel in her honor if she allows them to salvation.
When felt solid ground under their feet, the two men - and Marcio Eugenio Esteves, according to the monograph Alvaro Pereira - a miracle that took the edge beach and built a small church (Chapel Galician).
Two men, Spanish Galicia, survived the tragedy, legend has it that the mercy of a promise made to Our Lady to build a little chapel in her honor if she allows them to salvation.
When felt solid ground under their feet, the two men - and Marcio Eugenio Esteves, according to the monograph Alvaro Pereira - a miracle that took the edge beach and built a small church (Chapel Galician).
But what of the legend is interested primarily retain the dialogue that the two had when Galician, still not over the shock, arrested his attention on the wooden plank on which they had put safe: one said that it was made of brown, but the other, in her talk peremptorily Galician guarantee: "No! Are pin!" And here you have been the name of Thorn.There are obviously more credible hypothesis than this. In memories of the Portuguese Forais Lands reads: "(....) Espinho owes its name to a espiniforme cliffs, the spine of any beach: is there a place called Thorn Land, indicating a thorn in the sea."
For over 200 years, a colony formed by families of fishermen from Ovar, went to this place in order to probe the marine fauna, especially sardines, a time of widespread use in industry and manuring of lands, in addition to their food use. It was close enough to find a place that would allow the Port to put the fish in that city in good use, since it is unaware of the conservation process.
Nomads in a sense, these early settlers did not build houses. Sought shelter at night in the boats turned upside down.
The settlement of people in Espinho began at around the year 1776, after the arrival of the Industrial Furadouro Mijaule French Jean Pierre, who knew the "secret" pickle sardine, which allowed the storage and sale during the the fishing season.
Are the first homes - the haystacks - the fishermen have sedentarized. These were made of wood roofs covered with earth, with a total lack of discipline in its implementation.
The transition from wood to stone was a slow process and had an intermediate stage in the haystacks have to bear the main façade of stone and lime.
Later, many of these houses were to be purchased by families and possessions subject to improvements, thus coming to form the colony beach of Espinho.
In less than half a century, Thorn would become a priority for the beaches of northern Portugal.
Currently, Espinho is a modern, high-level tourist resort that welcomes thousands of domestic and foreign visitors throughout the year.
A few kilometers from Sa Carneiro Airport in Oporto, the city of Espinho has quick and easy means of communication with the country and abroad and is also directly linked to two major cities of Portugal by the communications backbone of the country - the Northern Line - and is still the beginning of the Railroad Valley Vouga, which gives access to the most beautiful area stretching from the waterfront to Aveiro, full of scenic beauty and artistic.
What to visitIn the Parish of Anta:
Shrines of St. Mamede
Chapel of Our Lady of Conception
Chapel of Our Lady of the High Heavens
Chapel of St. Vincent
church
In the Parish of Thorn:
Old Bullring
Chapel of Our Lady of Help
Chapel of St. Peter
Multimedia center
Building the City of Espinho
Estádio Municipal de Espinho
Church of Our Lady of Help
Museum of Espinho
pool
Blue beach
Bay beach
Costa Verde Beach
Faina Beach
Beach Drought
Espinho Beach
Antero Beach
In the Parish of Guetim:
church
We stopped in the Parish of:
We stopped Airfield
Barry Esmoriz
Chapel of Our Lady of Aparecida
Chapel of Our Lady of Good Time
Chapel of Our Lady of Guia
Castro Ovil
Sports Complex
Cruise of the Steps
Barry Beach Esmoriz
We stopped Beach
In the Parish of Silvalde:
Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Sports Complex
St. James Church
well
Where to Stay:
hotel Solverde
Praiagolfe Hotel
Apartment Hotel Solverde
hotel Nery
Hotel Mar Azul
New Residential Espinho
Residential Espinho
Camping
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