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São Domingos de Rana

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Country
  
Portugal

Subregion
  
Grande Lisboa

District
  
Lisbon

Local time
  
Tuesday 6:56 AM

Postal code
  
2785

Region
  
Lisbon

Metropolitan area
  
Lisbon

Municipality
  
Cascais

Population
  
57,502 (2011)

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 83% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Pavilhão Desportivo dos Vinhais, Parque Urbano Quinta de Rana, C.C.Spot

São Domingos de Rana ([sɐ̃w̃ duˈmĩɡuʃ dɨ ˈʁɐnɐ]) is a civil parish (Portuguese: freguesia) of the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, part of the Greater Lisbon subregion. The population in 2011 was 57,502, in an area of 20.36 km². The parish includes the localities Abóboda, Cabeço de Mouro, Caparide, Matarraque, Outeiro de Polima, Polima, Rana, Talaíde, Tires, Trajouce and Zambujal.

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Map of S%C3%A3o Domingos de Rana, Portugal

Sercascais na feira de s o domingos de rana


History

The settlement of São Domingos de Rana, is associated with the fertility of the soils and the abundance of spring-waters: the number of archaeological vestiges in the parish implies its place in the settlement of the municipality. In many localities of the parish, human occupation has been almost permanent since the Paleolithic. The archaeological graves in the region attest to agricultural and hunting cultures.

Civic

  • Cascais Municipal Aerodrome (Portuguese: Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais), inaugurated on 11 October 1964, by Portuguese President Américo Tomás, the airport developed under the initiative of the Secretário de Estado da Aeronáutica (Secretary of State for Aeronautics) and Direcção-Geral da Aeronáutica Civil (General-Directorate for Civil Aeronatuics), in addition to the Count of Monte Real; planned for the zone of Areia-Guincho, it was installed in Tires, by the Direcção-Geral and military aeronautics which continued into 1973
  • Casal Saloio de Outeiro de Polima
  • Roman village of Freira (Portuguese: Villa romana de Freiria), Vergílio Correia was the first to refer to the Roman remains in this zone, after discovering a stone Roman burial mound. The archaeologist discovered a number of frgaments of cermaics, that date the location to the pre-historic period, but village to about the 4th or 2nd century, that includes mill and quarters;
  • Roman village of Miroiças (Portuguese: Villa romana de Miroiças), it is the largest Roman villa in the municipality, with a great abundance of materials and superficial content, dating from the Paleolithic and Middle Ages, noting the longest period of human occupation;
  • Roman village of Outeiro de Polima (Portuguese: Villa Romana de Outeiro de Polima), dating to the Roman epoch, when it was constructed, it was discovered by Virgílio Correia in 1913. New excavations were carried-out in 1973, under the archeologist Guilherme Cardoso, whom discovered a large quantity of materials;
  • Estate of Rana (Portuguese: Quinta da Rana)
  • Religious

  • Church of São Domingos de Gusmão (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de São Domingos de Rana/Igreja de São Domingos de Gusmão), its construction dates to 1710, but its conclusion was limited due to the events of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake: it was concluded in 1838 (a date inscribed on the belltower). Between 1911 and 1918, the temple was closed and much of its content began to ruin. By August 2001, a new carillon, with 23 bells, 19 constructed in Braga, 3 pre-existing and one from a factory in Belgium, was inaugurated for the church, electrified and computerized, but manually operatable;
  • Chapel of Conceição (Portuguese: Capela da Conceição)
  • Education

    Outeiro de Polima in São Domingos de Rana houses Saint Dominic's International School.

    References

    São Domingos de Rana Wikipedia