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Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), was born in Sabrosa, Vila Real district. This was the Portuguese navigator who, at the service of Charles V, king of Spain, captained the first circumnavigation voyage, sailing to the West, across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, in search of a new path to the Indies. In October 1520, his armada reached an overwhelming landscape, with majestic and steep cliffs, occasionally lit by the flames of their peoples’ fires. The name was: Tierra del Fuego. READ MORE
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manuel fernandes
Manuel Fernandes (1946 – 2005), was born on September 10, 1946 in Vila Real. He started his racing career relatively late, in 1974, when he was 28 years old. He held his first rally in 1976 at Volta ao Algarve at the wheel of a Toyota Corolla 1200. The following year, he won the national promotion championship and five years later the National Speed Championship. In the late 1980s, he crossed national borders, participating in some events at the European Tourism and Guia Race in Macau. READ MORE
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MIGUEL TORGA
Adolfo Correia da Rocha (1907 – 1995) was born on August 12 in São Martinho de Anta, Vila Real. Known by the pseudonym Miguel Torga, Adolfo Rocha was one of the most influential poets and writers of the 20th century. In 1918 he entered the seminary in Lamego and two years later emigrated to Brazil to work on an uncle’s farm. However, he saw potential in Miguel Torga, paying for his lecial studies and his future entry to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, the date of the publication of his first book of poems. READ MORE
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NADIR AFONSO
Nadir Afonso (1920 – 2013) was born on December 4, 1920, in Chaves. Completes the Architecture course at the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto in 1948 and joins the Grupo dos Independentes, where he participates in all the exhibitions held until he left for Paris in 1946. He enrolls at the Ecole DES Beux Artes, to study painting, where he discovered the attraction for geometric painting. READ MORE
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SÃO PEDRO
At the fair of São Pedro, it is customary to hold the traditional “Feira dos Pucarinhos” in Vila Real, where all the artisans of the county, are concentrated in the heart of the city and exhibit their art. The “Pucarinhos” fair has always been a time of tradition for black clay potters (Barro de Bisalhães) and for the linen weavers of Agarez who bring their work to the city centre to proudly and satisfactorily display the pieces they created. READ MORE
SÃO PEDRO
