Casa mortuária da Freguesia da Costa - Guimarães, Portugal - Grand Opening on Waymarking.com

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THE PLAQUE

This metal plaque is placed in front of the Funeral Home and it reads:

"Casa mortuária
inaugurada em 24 de Junho de 1010 pelo Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Guimarães
Dr. António Magalhães
sendo
Presidente da Junta de Freguesia
Miguel Ribeiro
Freguesia da Costa"

"Funeral Home
inaugurated on 24 June 1010 by the Mayor of Guimarães
Dr. António Magalhães
being
President of the Parish Council
Miguel Ribeiro
Parish of Costa"



WHO WAS THAT INAUGURATED IT
Dr. António Magalhães
The Dr. António Magalhães at the time of the inauguration was the Mayor of the city of Guimarães. He has a BA in History from the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto. He was elected as Member of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic for the 1st time in 1976, where he remained for 11 years as such. Was elected Councillor for the Municipality of Guimarães from 1979 to 1990. In late 1982 he was Deputy Mayor of Guimarães, ending the mandate in late 1985. In December 1989 he was elected Mayor of Guimarães, with an absolute majority, a position he holds to be re-elected successively in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009.



WHAT WAS INAUGURATED

Funeral Home
This is the new funeral Home of the Freguesia da Costa it was built between 2009 and 2010, it was constructed by the Nirvar constructions company and it had a cost of 95185.00 euros. It's located next to the old Monastery of Santa Marinha da Costa in the slopes of the Penha Mountain.