Cartaxo "Wine Capital"

Instituto Politécnico de Santarém

Escola Superior de Educação de Santarém

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1. Geographical Location

Cartaxo is a town in the district of Santarém with 9,500 inhabitants, is part of the

coordination committee and development regionalde Tejo.Cartaxo Lisbon and Valley

is the county seat with 8 parishes: Cartaxo, Lapa, Ereira, Vale of pinta, Pontével,

Vale da Pedra, Valada and Vila Chã Ourique

2. Origin of name CARTAXO



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The remote ancient times, the Queen Isabel passing porvesta saw many land birds

that sang beautifully, asked a peasant woman who were those birds, and she

answered that they were Carterton, and from that time this land was named after the

Cartaxo

3. HISTORY

The existence of the town of Carterton will undoubtedly be far fetched. The proximity

of Santarem, whose walls were well fought between Muslims and Christians, and the

devastating raids on neighboring populations hit the certainly Cartaxo. [5]

D. Sancho II called it "dead fire" and thought to repopulate the place of the

"Stonechat" and the neighbor Cartaxinho (now Riverside Cartaxo), so this gave their

land reguengueira Peter Pacheco, being forced to build it there a hostel for the poor .

Neither Peter nor his descendants Pacheco fulfilled this obligation. [5] Later, the

villagers asked D. Dinis to give them a letter of settlement. D. Denis met the letter of

request and granted a charter to 20 men and their successors so that they do there

"poor" in their "place of Carterton". [5] They were obliged to give the king, each year,

the eighth part of the bread , wine and linen, "in the floor being the bread, wine and

linen mill in the Tendal" and "barren hill" to cultivate, just past 3 years or 5 years if

they were vineyards, is that they require the payment of the forum. The same would

apply to all future inhabitants of the place. Forced everyone to also make good

homes and good pens "and let go." The abuses or crimes against someone was

punished by 6000 to double wages and payment of injury. [5] This charter was

subsequently confirmed by D. John I to July 27, 1387, and D. Manuel I on November

4, 1496. [5]

One of the problems of the residents had to do with the abuses of the "Justice of

Santa." Some documents allude to the fact that, as well as the royal repairs. Just



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shows, for example, a letter of Almeirim of January 6, 1458, in which D. Afonso V

meets cartaxenses complaints against the oppression of Gonçalo Galvão, judge of

the town of Santarem. [5]

The increasing population and progress of agriculture encouraged the claim of

exemption against the jurisdiction of United States. Only in 1815 by the license as

Rio de Janeiro on 10 December of that year, D. John VI grants Cartaxo (then

"Cartacho"), administrative independence and elevates it to a town,"(that) will have

an end beyond its former Desctrito, places of Valle and the Port of Muge, and

Parishes of Valle Pinta, Pontével, Ereira and Lapa ...". [5] It became a city on 21

June 1995

Freguesia

População Área Mapa

Cartaxo 10.092 19,0 km²

Ereira 632 5,8 km²

Lapa 1.223 6,5 km²

Pontével 4.424 29,0 km²

Valada 878 40,9 km²

Vale da Pedra 1.723 13,3 km²

Vale da Pinta 1.415 8,9 km²

Vila Chã de Ourique 2.942 33,2 km²



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4. The COUNTY

The board of Stonechat was a crossing point into the country by river (River Tejo) and land routes, there was a Roman road from Lisbon and passed to Alenquer following Scallabis (Santarém), that crossed the territory Cartaxo.

5. GEOGRAPHY

Council: 158.17 km2 area

24,840 people

8 parishes

North: Santarém

East: Almeirim

SEE: Magicians Salvaterra

West: Azambuja

6. HYDROGRAPHY

The part of the county corresponding to the peneplain is traversed by numerous

small streams, most temporarily, leading into the so-called "channel Azambuja"

(parallel to the Tagus). The Tagus River runs through the county at about 12 km,

extension is often invaded by the waters, enhanced by the large amount of transport

to load derived from vine growing in soils of peneplain erosináveis (without any

protective measures). The parish of Valada, hardest hit by the floods, is "protected"

by a secular dike, the dike Valada, longitudinal and unsinkable, about 23 km,



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extending from the levee of the Omnia to the White House. After all, this dock allows

Valada fields are "those who have best aspect of all fields of Ribatejo, with the

exception of the marshland Grande."

7. ECONOMY

11.892ha of crop

2.475ha of forest area

1.465ha area of social

1,955 farms

The occupation of the agricultural area is 8.696ha distributed as follows:

Permanent crops: 40% came

The 2nd largest wine producer in the flatlands of the ribatejo and largest producer of red

wine and the 3rd largest producer of white wine

The distribution structure of the sector is as follows.

Crop Production: 84.5%

Livestock: 14.5%

Production Forestry: 3.0%

In addition to the wine industry also has grain production, horticultural, fruit and also

has activity and ceramic pig.



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However the business in this board allows some dynamism and development to the

county

Infrastructure

• School education cycle 2 and 3, with courses and professional education courses and

training

• Health Center Cartaxo with two family health units (D. Sancho I and USF USF

Cartaxo Terra Viva)

• Firefighters

• GNR

• PSP

8.CULTURE

Cartaxo is inserted in the Ribatejo Region Tourism

• Cultural Center, streamlines theater, dance, music and film



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Ateneu artístico cartaxense: handball, basketball, gymnastics

• Stadium: athletics and football

Stadium: athletics and football

9. HERITAGE

What and Where

Rural Museum Vine and Wine - Cartaxo

Museum of Miniatures Cartaxo

Chavões Palace of Vila Cha Ourique

Village of Palhota

Valada

Quinta da Fonte Bela



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Valada - Vale de Santarém

Cruise - Cartaxo

Church of Our Mrs. of Purification - Pontével

Pillory Cartaxo

10.Gastronomy

Regional food in the city are Cartaxo

Corn bread

Sardines

Torricado



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Meat: pig, rabitt and chicken

Fish: Sável, fataça and eels

Candies

rice pudding, wafers,

Sponge cake



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cartaxinhos

11. CARTAXO CAPITAL WINE

Project "Wine Capital" has the potential to boost the county's pretender encourage and

promote culture and region.

Tour the Wine Route

Stimulating the Rural Museum and Wine Cartaxo

Finding the county, through its eight parishes, is an attractive cover "Wine Route" and know

the culture and daily life of local people, proud of the richness of its traditions and customs,

their festivals, their folklore, the its gastronomy and its tradidonais bullfighting.

The discovery of the county Cartaxo can be done through two tours, "Countryside" and

"Quarter", which, taken together, provide the visitor a pleasant and unforgettable stay.



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Itineraries

The discovery of the county Cartaxo can be done through two tours, "Countryside" and

"Quarter", which, taken together, provide the visitor a pleasant and unforgettable stay.

Itinerary "Subdivision":

Cartaxo - Cruise Manueline (Mon. National), a collection of miniature handcrafted

Athenaeum BC Rural and Wine Museum.

Vale da Pinta - Well of St. Bartholomew Church.

Ereira, Lapa and Pontével - Beautiful landscapes dominated by vineyards, Church of

Pontével (Mon. public interest), pleasant places to be in this beautiful and friendly village.

Return to the itinerary Cartaxo or continuation of the Field.

Itinerary of the "Field":

Cartaxo. Vila Cha Ourique - Monument of the Battle of Ourique evocative, Solar Chavões

(Mon. public interest) •

Valada - Dykes, picnic area, huts (small typical village of fishermen), the landscape of the

Tagus River and meadowlands • Stone Valley. Return to the itinerary Cartaxo or

continuation of the district. These itineraries can be supplemented with visits to wineries

and agricultural property included in the Wine Route.



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12. FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

May 1 - Feast of Wine

November 1 - All Saints Sunday Each parish has its festivals, there is the party of

farmers Pontével

13. SPORTS

The most played sport on the board of Stonechat is football, each village has its

club, taking part in the championships INATEL to support these clubs, sports centers

have pavilions, the municipal stadium and sports complex Cartaxo fifth of bucks..



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NETGRAFIA

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartaxo

http://www.cm-cartaxo.pt/cartaxo

http://www.centroculturalcartaxo.com/

www.ribatejo.com

http://www.ivv.min-agricultura.pt/np4/1505.html

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Cartaxo "Wine Capital"