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Before going on the guided tour of Tongobriga, right where we stopped the car we found a beautiful church.
Here in this area, everything is properly restored and recovered and, as Mr. Jorge told us, many of these houses were built with all the stone that was removed from the land when it was disturbed and treated so that people could come here to live.
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Antes de irmos fazer a visita guiada a Tongobriga mesmo onde paramos o carro encontramos uma bonita igreja.
Aqui nesta zona tudo está devidamente restaurado e recuperado e segundo nos disse o Senhor Jorge muitas destas casas foram erguidas com toda a pedra que foi retirada das terras quando as mesmas foram remexidas e tratadas para que as pessoas pudessem vir para cá viver.
All you had to do was plow the land and you would find immense Roman remains on the surface, from crockery to earrings, bracelets and everything you can imagine. The amount of material that was lost must have been enormous, when whoever found these remains had no idea of the history they had in their hands.
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Bastava arar a terra que na superfície se encontravam imensos vestígios romanos, desde louças a brincos, pulseiras e tudo o que possam imaginar. Dever ter sido enorme a quantidade de material que se perdeu, quando quem encontrava estes vestígios não fazia ideia da história que tinha em mãos.
We met a friend here who kept us company throughout the visit but who I will tell you later on.
Many of the churches in these villas gave rise to the parish temples that emerged later. Its territories, often coinciding with a valley, gave rise to many of the current parishes. In this way, communities or villages ended up being created.
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Encontramos por aqui um amigo que nos fez companhia durante toda a visita mas que mais para a frente vos digo quem é.
Muitas das igrejas destas villas deram origem aos templos paroquiais que surgiram depois. Os seus territórios, muitas vezes coincidentes com um vale deram origem a muitas das freguesias atuais. Desta forma acabaram por se ir criando as comunidades ou aldeias.
The parish of Santa Maria do Freixo is a unique case. The villas mentioned in the oldest medieval documentation gave rise to simple places that apparently never had their own church, and were later integrated into the parish of Freixo.
It is a parish whose church is located in a place that, for long periods of its history, had little more than the church itself, given its topographical location, in a high place, the poverty of its soil and the absence of water, never allowed the establishment of a very large agricultural community.
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A paróquia e freguesia de Santa Maria do Freixo é, um caso singular. As villas mencionadas na documentação medieval mais antiga,deram origem a simples lugares que aparentemente nunca tiveram igreja própria, sendo posteriormente integrados na freguesia do Freixo.
Trata-se de uma freguesia cuja igreja se está num lugar que, durante longos períodos da sua história, pouco mais tinha do que a própria igreja, dado que a sua localização topográfica, num lugar elevado, a pobreza dos seus solos e a ausência de água, nunca permitiram o estabelecimento de uma comunidade agrícola muito numerosa.
The construction of the current church used Roman walls, such as the one that still forms the triumphal arch today, and the passage from the nave to the main chapel indicates a very ancient foundation, possibly dating back to the beginning of the "Reconquista", at the end of the 9th century or beginning of the 10th century.
That’s it for today, tomorrow I’ll bring you a little more history.
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A construção da atual igreja utilizou muros romanos, como o que ainda hoje forma o arco triunfal e a passagem da nave para a capela-mor indicam uma fundação muito antiga, possivelmente remontando ao início da "Reconquista", no final do século IX ou começo do século X.
Por hoje ficamos por aqui, amanhã trago mais um bocadinho de história.
I hope you enjoyed.
See you around.
Wishing you much peace and health
Those who pass by us do not go alone. They leave a bit of themselves, taking a piece of us."
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince.
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Hello. Beautiful and interesting architecture. Nice post. Best regards
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