Wednesday 30 December 2020

SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO (PORTUGAL)

 


SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO
41° 13′ 24″ N;  7° 49′ 11″ W

Santa Marta de Penaguião is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Vila Real, in the northern region of Douro. The population in 2011 was 7,356, in an area of 69.28 km2.
The history of Santa Marta de Penaguião is affirmed by vestiges of the castros that have been discovered in Fontes, Lobrigos, Cumieira, Louredo and Medrões, which were settled prior to the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal. Some of the toponymy in the region also presupposes the existences of tribal clans in this Douro valley region.

The municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião were part of the Terras de Penaguião, an administrative division that existed during early Middle Ages (9th-10th century) that extended between the Douro and Corgo watersheds, including the Serra do Marão and the Terras de Panóias (today Vila Real). Comprehensively, this included the current municipality, in addition to portions of the municipalities of Peso da Régua and Vila Real.

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):
Alvações do Corgo
Cumieira
Fontes
Louredo e Fornelos
Medrões
Lobrigos (São Miguel e São João Baptista) e Sanhoane
Sever