historia de sines, miróbriga e vila nova de mil fontes em ingles

2. SINES
 Location:
District of Setubal – 150 km from Lisbon
 Name: Sines = roman Sinus (Bay or breast) = shape of the cape of sines
seen from the monte-chãos
 History:
Middle ages – Today:
Vestiges of the Celts and the Romans (Definition of port and industrial
centre)
Moors and Visigoths (Sines left to abandon)
XIII century (Order of St. James; Peter I)
XV (Vasco da Gama)
XIX century (Liberalism; 1855)
XX century (Municipality; Economic activities; Marcelo Caetano)

3. SINES
 Important Monuments: (V.G. Route)
Sines Castle
Begins in the Castle (where he spent his childhood and where he
was supposed to be born, 1469-1524)
Our Lady of Salas Church
Passes down the Mother Church (where he was ordained)
Statue of Vasco da Gama
Most famous child
 Important Buildings:
Sines Art Centre

4. SINES
 The Castle
House of V.G. in the street of V.G.
Born in the Castle
Built ½ of the15th century
Noble and strategic point of the city
A defensive fortress
Condition imposed by King D. Pedro I to grant the charter to Sines, in 1362
Today, it remains the most amazing belvedere to the bay.
 Statue of Vasco da Gama
Inaugurated in 1970 (On the occasion of the celebrations of the navigator's
five hundredth anniversary)

5. SINES
 Church of Nossa Senhora das Salas
Replaces the original church built (XIV) by Dona Betaça, maid of honour of
D. Isabel (married with King Dinis)
Completely rebuilt by Vasco da Gama (XVI century)
(Inside the temple, important image of Nossa Senhora das Salas (XVII
century), a panel of azulejos alluding to the life of Mary and the retable of
Senhor do Vencimento
The celebrations in honour of the Sines fishermen’s patron saint, Our Lady
of Salas, takes place on 14th and 15th August.

6. SINES
 Sines' Arts Centre
Four different facilities in a single building
Art Gallery
Municipal Library
Auditorium
Historical Municipal Archives
Designed by the prize-winning Atelier Aires Mateus
Inaugurated in 2005
One of the best examples of contemporary Portuguese architecture,
European Mies van der Rohe Award

7. SINES
Economy:
Trade and services, ports, polymers, electricity production, fishing and
tourism
Sines Port:
Built in the 70’s
Very Important for economy of Alentejo & Portugal
Composed by several maritime infra-estructures
Deep waters
Main entrance of gas, oil, coal

8. SINES AND COASTAL
AREA
 Natural Attractions:
Beaches
Pessegueiro Island
Sancha Lagoon
Vicentine Coast Nature Park:
Created in 1995
Between S. Torpes (sines) and Vila do Bispo (sagres)
Mediterrean flora  Oak trees, Holm Oak, Carob tree, Citrines, Olive tree
Fauna  Foxes, wild boars, badgers, stoaks, herons, owls (…)

9. Miróbriga
 Miróbriga archeological site (Santiago do cacém)
The ruins date back to the iron age- romans (2nd century bc-5th century)
Classified as a site of public interest in 1940
Roman town during the Iron Age
Two foruns, one with a central temple to honour the emperors and another
one probably dedicated to the goddess of venus
Commercial area, the baths
Bridge with a single semicircular arch
Hippodrome, the only one whose entire ground plan is completely known in
Portugal

10. VILA NOVA DE MIL
FONTES
 Castle
Fortress of S. Clemente a.k.a. Castle of V.N.M.F.
Built in a dominant position to protect the town against pirates from North
Africa
John II reign (attacked and burnt)
Manuel I (Charter to re-settle the town)
1599-1602– rebuilt over the previous fortress by the Philippine Dynasty
Alexandre Massaii (italian engineer)
1903, 1909 – Sold and left to abandon
1939 – Sold and restaured – private housing and tourism (still mantains)