3. Reading Rooms
The Library is ...
"A democratic institution of education, culture and information. "
"illustrate the faith of democracy in education for all at all ages (...)".
"the principal means of giving everyone free access to the treasury of human thought
and ideas and the creation of the imagination of man (...)".
In the Unesco Manifest on Public Libraries
The work at the House of Botica since 1993, initially as the Calouste Gulbenkian
Library until the extinction of SBAL FCG, with the provision of library collection to the
municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, Casa da Botica has strictly municipal library with
its own fusion their library collection.
And now have about 15,000 titles surveyed, the Municipal Library has a separate
regulation.
In the House of Pharmacy, we found two areas of reading:
Room Children's Library
Reading Room.
Hours:
The operation of the Library is provided over an extended period:
Monday to Friday:09h00 / 18h00
Saturday:10h00 / 13h00
4. Main Room
Apart from books for reading in
the presence and request for
house arrest, are available to
readers and users of four
computer terminals for
consultations and work as well as
newspapers and magazines and
daily newspapers, national,
regional and local levels.
Regularly promotes awareness
activities to books and reading.
5. Children's Room
In the Children's Library, in
addition to books and reading
tables, has a set of support
equipment playful.
Are regularly promoted
awareness-raising reading, staged
and dramatized readings, story
hours, among many other
activities.
6. Auditorium
With a capacity of 50 seats, the
Auditorium serves primarily in
support of libraries, although it
can be made available to the
community through their
representative institutions.
8. Over One Hundred Years of Theatre
21 Parts 49 Parts 33 Parts 9 Parts 6 Parts 11 Parts
1886-1900 1911-1920 1931-1940 1951-1960 1971-1980 1991-2000
1901-1910 1921-1930 1941-1950 1961-1970 1981-1990 2001-2005
17 Parts 29 Parts 10 Parts 4 Parts 11 Parts 6 Parts
10. Theatro Club
Built in 1904 and opened in 1905.
Designed by Ascension Machado and built by the action of the largest benefactor of
Póvoa de Lanhoso - Antonio Lopes, the Theatre Club is especially characteristic of Art
Nouveau, especially between the halls in Portugal for its unique architecture,
expressive decor. Nicknamed "theatrinho" by the small size of its main room (currently
with a capacity for 120 spectators) and after more than 20 years closed, became a
reality in 2001 and reopened its operation, seeking to occupy a space of reference in the
region with a regular weekly schedule based preferably in the Theatre. The Project for
the rehabilitation of the Architect's and Mario Abreu Abreu Adelaide (awarded by the
European Union, supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation and funded by the
Operational Plan for Culture), adapting its functionality and preserving its artistic
worth.
11. The Theater Club serves as the main space in the city municipal cultural activities and
entertainment. The programming of the Theatre Club, a weekly basis (Saturday -
21.45) is based mainly in the theater.
Information about the programming schedule for this space can be found on or applied
to www.theatroclub.com or requested for theatro.club @ cm-povoadelanhoso.pt.
Póvoa de Lanhoso there is a particular sensitivity to art that is the theater for over a
century. This sensitivity is demonstrated immediately by the building whose
construction has already exceeded 100 years of history linked to the Theatre
Amadores.A tradition of the theater is still marked by the existence of six groups of
amateur dramatics in activity in the county.
In conjunction with the art of theater, also works on building the municipal gallery
exhibition.
12. Gallery Theatre Club
The Municipal Gallery Exhibition works in the building of the Theatre Club. Open 3.
to 6. Monday (10h00-12h00 / 15h00-17h00), Saturday, Sunday and Holidays (14h00-
17h00) and at times of other achievements / performances at the Theatre Club,
promotes regular monthly exhibitions with a diverse .
In addition to solo exhibitions or themes, the Municipal Gallery promotes annually in
the month of August, an Exhibition of Fine Arts Open targeted to those who
demonstrate sensitivity or interest in exhibiting their work.
Contacts:
Tel: 253 639 706
email: theatro.club@mun-planhoso.pt
Schedule:
3. to 6. Mondays:10h00-12h00 / 14h00-17h00
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays (14h00-17h00)
13. Poles Theatre in Póvoa de Lanhoso
Theatre
Club
Independent
Theatre
Theatre
School
Theatre
Workshop of
ESPL
Artemanias
“Prof.
Gonçalo
Sampaio”
14. Theatre Groups
Chamber Theater of the Cultural Association of Youth Povoense
BACKGROUND
Created the Chamber Theatre in 1985, this has led to the scene the following work:
1986 - Ghost of the foot of the door, Campos Monteiro
1987 - The Gebo and the Shadow, Raul Brandão
1987 - Old Iron, Alcantara Chaves
1987 - Life for Life, Adaptation of A. Sousa e Silva
1988 - Camões, Quirino da Fonseca
1988 - The Boggart and the Dream King, Jose Jorge Letria
1988 - A respectable gentleman, André Bruno
1989 - Soup Juliana, Ascensão and Barbosa Abreu e Sousa 1989 - A monkey to do
math, author unknown
1990 - Morgado Fafe in Lisbon, Camilo Castelo Branco 1991 - Ugly Girl, Manuel
Frederico Pressler
1992 - The Ink Exchange, Arnaldo Campos and Leite Monteiro
1993 - The Journey of a paper boat, Sílvia Ortoff
1993 - The Press Eugenia, Manuel Fragoso
1994 - Mr. Ventura, Arnaldo Campos and Leite Monteiro
1996 - The Revolution of Maria da Fonte, Dino de Sousa
1998 - The Miser, Moliere
15. 1999 - The Boggart and the Dream King, Jose Jorge Letria
2000 - Bed and table linen-Washed, Arnaldo Leite and Luis Barbosa
2002 - The Rector, Diogo Freitas do Amaral.
2003 – The Sin of Being a Man, Dino de Sousa
2004 – There's Oil in Beato, Raul Solnado.
2005 – The Other Side of Life, War Earl Junior.
Contact:
ACJP
Apartado 7
4830 Póvoa de Lanhoso
ATIPA
ACRDGalegos
Workshop Theatre School of Póvoa de Lanhoso
Artemanias – EB 2-3 Prof. Gonçalo Sampaio
18. Municipal Gallery
The Municipal Gallery Exhibition works in the building of the Theatre Club.
Open 3. nd to 6. Monday (10h00-12h00 / 15h00-17h00), Saturday, Sunday and Holidays
(15h00-18h00) and at times of other achievements / performances at the Theatre Club,
promotes regular monthly exhibitions with a diverse. In addition to solo exhibitions or
themes, the Municipal Gallery promotes annually in the month of August, an Open
Exhibition of Visual Arts directed to those who demonstrate sensitivity or interest in
exhibiting their work. In the summer period is usually promoted an Open Exhibition of
Visual Arts to round 20. edition, whose participation has its own regulations.
Contacts:
Tel: 253 639 706
e-mail: theatro.club@mun-planhoso.pt
Schedules*:
3. st 6. Mondays: 10h00-12h00 / 14h00-17h00
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays (15h00-18h00)
* in moments of other achievements / performances at Theatre Club
19. Room Territorial Interpretation
A Territorial Interpretation cafe, opened in 2009, is a reference to the level of the
cultural heritage of Póvoa de Lanhoso, while valuable tool put to work in tourism and
the various school communities.
One of the primary goals is awareness of the importance of our common heritage as
well that can represent the identity of a region and externalize the value of a culture,
whether through a historical reference or a simple manifestation of a tradition.
This area basically consists of an exhibition and interpretative route, invites visitors
to look or an assessment of some of the assets and ethnographic manifestations or
representations, are generally associated with any particular community or as to each
of the parishes of the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso.
20. The use of interactive digital media, the field of information technology and
communication as a core element of our times, to entice the visitor's curiosity, the
desire to see, again, recognizing the immense potential of indigenous resources in all
aspects of cultural heritage, folk Artistic, religious or natural.
How to know the heritage is to protect it, the Room for Interpretation of the Territory,
through a plan that aims to seasonal and dynamic, especially through thematic
exhibitions on different approaches to the strong asset value counties, plays a pivotal
role in contributing to growing pride in the condition of Lands or Lands of Lanhoso of
Maria da Fonte. For all of the services provided and developed, the House of Botica is
assumed as a major focus of the radiators work in Póvoa de Lanhoso in culture.
Any information, request or proposal can be requested / submitted to: House of Botica
Courtyard Artists
4830 – 513 Póvoa de Lanhoso
Telef. 253 639 708 / 253 631 435
Fax.: 253 634 754
e-mail: casa.botica@mun-planhoso.pt
21. Other exhibition venues
In addition to the Municipal Gallery, exhibitions are promoted in other municipal and
private spaces, including:
• Municipal Library
• Youth Space
• Watchtower Castle Lanhoso
• Restaurant Velho Minho
• Coffee Fura
23. Municipal Holiday - Feast of St. Joseph
The animation is a culture of ever-increasing roles played by local authorities.
Surpassed the urgency of basic infrastructure, welfare, leisure and cultural enjoyment
is a desideratum of our growing responsibilities.
Póvoa de Lanhoso, while county located in the heart of Minho, has disseminated a
little for all communities, an important and significant set of Festivals, Fairs and
Pilgrimages to complement the available supply by the municipality.
The dynamics of municipal cultural entertainment in addition to regular dynamics
ensured by various municipal areas, is particularly at the level of expression outside
the Annual Festival, Fair of S. Joseph, March 19, days Holiday Hall in the summer
period and evoking other commemorative days and events.
24. The festivities of the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, fair and frank, S. Joseph, are
the first of the great pilgrimages of Minho. With a longstanding tradition, the first fair
was established in 1895, some of the main references of this tradition and still
maintain that spirit.
With a fundamentally dynamic economy, which remained the main engine propellant
booster and for decades, where traders took their vital share of responsibility in the
organization and promotion of individual initiatives, as part of these festivities, in
which key moments were, of course In addition to the contest and livestock fair, frank,
horse racing.
25. History of Open Fair and the Feast of St.
Joseph
The history of fairs in Póvoa de Lanhoso find references and prior to the fair of S.
Joseph First Letter of the Provincial D. Dinis (1292, September 25), or the first
reference to a Market Charter dates from the fifteenth century. The first fairs in
existing Póvoa de Lanhoso, thanks to its rural character, chose a way nearly
indistinguishable from the period of seasonal harvests of late summer (the "San Miguel
September), there are several references to fairs to weekly or monthly Throughout the
nineteenth century.
The most significant bibliographic reference for monitoring the history of the Feasts of
St. Joseph is the study of Dr. José Bento da Silva, "Open Fair and Feast of S. Joseph,
"published in 2003. There we can provide with documents, among other facts,
institutionalized by the city of Póvoa de Lanhoso, Feira de S. Joseph, in March 1895,
mindful of the feel and pulse of the community.
Today is killing private moments of tradition, that the livestock competition is exactly
one of the references of the day March 19 in Póvoa de Lanhoso. In 1887 premiums
totaled 50,000 for the kings' oxen and horses, "split between the best team of oxen,
""better seal bulls","best horse"and" best horse. " Today's awards, although not very big
but you are outnumbered.
26. The first party until today there are traditions that still remain. In addition to the fair
and contests, music (brass bands) are still present. In 1897 he was the "band music
Povoense" to brighten up the party. Today is the Musical Band of the Volunteer
Firemen of Povoa de Lanhoso and Banda Musical Calvos.
In 1898, another important attraction of the festivals were the horse races on the road
to Guimarães, "there remain horse races (gallop) on lands annexed to the EN 310
which connects to Guimarães.
If the fireworks, fireworks still stands in the tradition, while "rose to the large amount
of air rockets, " the sessions of fireworks, fireworks now "garden" is one of the
important moments of the festivities, with their audience, connoisseurs and simple but
numerous admirers. Many are also lovers of folklore Minho, which meets in the
Festival of Festivals S. José with the participation of folk groups of the Council 7.
27. Tradition and religiosity
From what is expressed, the Feasts of St. Jose's very popular tradition that, on the
other hand give it a strong sect, which was even the subject of downsizing, or at least
strong awareness in order to dignify this particular moment is the procession.
Despite the religious component to support an aspect of commercial and festive
celebrations, because only after the creation of the parish of Nossa Senhora do Amparo
(in 1925) the sect of the parties started to follow the strong economic component. In
fact, from 1928 is that the High Mass is held regularly, with the procession still takes
place later, with regularity from the 60s (sporadically in 1935, 1949 and 1950).
The municipal character of the festivities is assumed in several directions, and is now
participating in a majestic procession of its exponents. The institution of the day March
19 as a day of Municipal holiday brings you, of course, a more significant local
dimension, is the involvement of institutions, or popular participation and
membership. At March 19 are also associated with some of the best moments in recent
history of Póvoa de Lanhoso (opening of City Hall, Court and particularly with the
imposition of municipal honors).
28. Because of the Pilgrimage of S. Joseph is the first one of our great pilgrimages in the
Minho, the subject of much popular participation, in a mixture of faith and profane, the
Program seeks to achieve other objectives, including promotion, by patenting the
strands sites, establishing itself as a showcase of work and activities of people from the
Lands Lanhoso.
The local cuisine is one of the references, in addition to all the signature dishes of the
region, highlight the concrete to the "Kid to S. Joseph "that almost all the restaurants
put on the menu during this period.
29. Cultural Entertainment - Theatre
Theatre is another strong focus of the animation summer, creating a distinctive
cultural poster, and even preferred alternative, with the holding of shows Lanhoso
Castle (and other space assets) on the nights of Friday and Saturday of July and
August.
More information www.theatroclub.com.
30. Summer ConVida
The Municipality of Povoa de Lanhoso tested and said a new formula for the
development of animation summer, based on elementary assumptions as to create an
attractive and pleasant space for vacationers, residents and tourists, it was proposed
that a daily entertaiment extends over almost two months.
With a multifaceted program characteristics was found that this animation was able,
by its diversity and heterogeneity, boosting the development of habits sustained by
cultural programming directed to different target audiences, meeting the individual
sensitivities and preferences oflarger number of people.
To this end, we opted to choose the most central area of the town of Povoa de Lanhoso,
which simultaneously meeting the conditions necessary to conform to the new
philosophy, conditioning of traffic and pedestrian movement calling for, helped change
the Square Eng Armando Rodriguez in a reference during the summer.
During summer, the image of "going to the Plaza de gained new common
denominators: welfare, leisure, entertainment, music, fun ... and is now synonymous
with a simple" go to the Square. "
Starting from the central square of Eng Armando Rodriguez have been further tested
various formulas, will occupy public spaces, where the activities are distributed in
continuity, daily in July and August.
31. With an intense program based mainly on small animations ranging from Street
Entertainment, Theatre, Music, Cinema, the Kids Fun ... among other activities, they
show themselves capable of a dialectic able to sustain an increased pace and surging
demand for space created.
The success of the initiative called "The summer turns ... in the Square! "is measured
through nuances as the regularity, the flow and the infectious spirit that could
promote.
The Square has become a new social space as long not seen happen in Póvoa de
Lanhoso, gaining a momentum and life of its own identifiable only in localities where
tourism transforms seasonally.
This programming philosophy has revealed that the Póvoa de Lanhoso, as elsewhere,
has a potential that can transform the findings when appropriate formats and capable.
The initiative "The summer turns ... in the Square! "is definitely an appropriate
formula to the desired transfiguration of Povoa de Lanhoso during the summer, so it
will be repeated in identical molds in the year 2006
Benefiting from the experience, the Hall of Póvoa de Lanhoso preparing to transform
the Square Eng Armando Rodriguez in a social and cultural center of the most
successful yet.
32. Festivals, Fairs and Pilgrimages
One of the private wealth of our region and our county is the vast array of Festivals,
Fairs and pilgrimages throughout the year that take place.
The Weekly is at the Village Market on Thursdays.
The municipal holiday is March 19, S. Joseph.
33. Pilgrimages
Mostly religious in nature, they are distributed by all the 29 parishes in the County as follows:
Águas Santas Fontarcada
♪ S. Bento – 11 of July ♪ Stª Luzia – 13 of December
♪ N.S. da Conceição – May ♪ S. Francisco – 4 of October
Ajude ♪ Stª António – 13 of June
♪ S. Pedro - 28 of June ♪ S. João – 24 of June
Brunhais Frades
♪ S. Bento – 11 of July ♪ S. Roque – 16 of August
♪ S. Mamede – 17 of August
Calvos ♪ Stº André – 29 of November
♪ Stª Marta – 1st Sunday in August Friande
♪ Nª Srª Encarnação – 25 of March
♪ S. Gens – 25 of August ♪ N.S. da Ajuda – August
♪ S. Tomé – 1st Sunday in January
Campo
Galegos
♪ S. Martinho – 11 of November
♪ Nª Srª do Rosário – 1st Sunday in ♪ S. Martinho – 11 of November
August ♪ Stª António – 13 of June
Covelas Garfe
♪ S. Julião – 9 of January ♪ S. Roque – 16 of August
♪ N.S. Rosário–1st Sunday in October
Esperança
Geraz do Minho
♪ Stº António – 13 of June
♪ Stº António – 22 of August
Ferreiros ♪ N.S. do Rosário – 15 of May
♪ N.S. da Conceição – 8 of December ♪ Stº Estevão – 26 of November
34. Lanhoso Santo Emilião
♪ S. Tiago – 15 of August ♪ S. Bento – 11 of July
Louredo ♪ S. Martinho – 11 of November
♪ Srª da Alegria – 1st Monday after Easter São João de Rei
♪ Divino Salvador – 6 of August ♪ Stº António – 13 of June
Monsul ♪ S. João – 24 of June
♪ S. Martinho – 11 of November Serzedelo
♪ Stª Maria de Rendufinho – 15 of August ♪ S. Sebastião - 20 of January
♪ Stª Luzia – 13 of December ♪ S. Pedro – 29 of June
♪ S. Tiago – 25 of July ♪ Stº António – 13 of June
♪ Nª Srª das Arcas – 15 of August ♪ S. João – 24 of June
♪ Festa do Imigrante – 15 of September ♪ Stª Luzia – 13 of December
Moure Sobradelo da Goma
♪ Santa Maria – 2 of February ♪ St.º António – 13 of June
Oliveira ♪ S. Tiago – 25 of July
♪ S. Tiago – 25 of July Taíde
♪ Stª Cruz ♪ N.Sr.ª. de Porto D’Ave – 8 of September
Póvoa de Lanhoso ( Nª. Sr.ª. do Amparo) ♪ N. S. Da Graça – 25 of March
♪ S. José – 19 of March Travassos
♪ S. Brás – 3 of February ♪ St.º Elói – 1st Sunday in December
♪ N.S. do Pilar – Penultimate Sunday in Verim
May ♪ Nossa Senhora do Ó – 18 of December
♪ S. Pedro – 29 of June
Vilela
Rendufinho
♪ Nª Sr.ª das Maravilhas – 17 of August
♪ Stª Maria de Rendufinho – 15 of August ♪ St.º António – 13 of June
36. Bands Folklore
Banda Musical de Calvos Rancho Folclórico da Póvoa de Lanhoso
Banda Musical dos Bombeiros Voluntários Rancho Folclórico “Maria da Fonte” de
da Póvoa de Lanhoso Fontarcada
Others Rancho Folclórico de Garfe
Centro de Criatividade da Póvoa de Lanhoso
Rancho Folclórico de Porto d’Ave – Taíde
Associação Cultural da Juventude Povoense –
Grupo de Teatro Rancho Folclórico de St.ª Maria de Verim
Oficina de Teatro da Escola Secundária da Rancho Folclórico de S. Julião de Covelas
Póvoa de Lanhoso
Rancho Folclórico Infantil e Juvenil da Póvoa
Artemanias de Lanhoso
ATIPA
ACRD Galegos
ACRD Póvoa de Lanhoso
