Vidigueira

Vidigueira
Vidigueira
	Municipality
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Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Subregion	Baixo Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Baixo Alentejo
District	Beja
Parishes	4
Government
• President	Manuel Narra (CDU)
Area
• Total	316.0 km2 (122.0 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	5,932
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website	http://www.cm-vidigueira.pt

Vidigueira (Portuguese pronunciation: [viðiˈɣɐjɾɐ] or [viðiˈɣeɾɐ]) is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,932,^[1] in an area of 316.61 km².^[2]

The present Mayor is Manuel Rosa Narra, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day. The archaeological site of the Roman Ruins of Villa Áulica and Convent of São Cucufate are situated near Vidigueira.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama was made count of Vidigueira by King D. Manuel I on his return from his first trip to India by sea.

Vidigueira is the birthplace of the humanist poet and commentator Achilles Statius.

Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza's father lived in Vidigueira in the 17th century, before escaping from the Portuguese Inquisition to the Dutch Republic.

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