Pero do Campo Tourinho - Lisboa, Portugal
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N 38° 41.766 W 009° 12.360
29S E 482086 N 4283073
Pero do Campo Tourinho was donee of the captaincy of Porto Seguro.
Waymark Code: WMDXTY
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 03/08/2012
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Tourinho Coat of Arms is composed by a rammping bull .
The coat of arms is placed in a magestic fountain in Belem (Fonte Luminosa)in front of Jerónimos Monastery together with 49 other coat of arms of important personalities from the time of Portuguese Discoveries. The fountain was designed by Cottinelli Telmo and built in 1940 for the Portuguese World Exhibition. There´s very little information about the fountain and the Coat of Arms and most available information refers to a total of 32 Coat of arms of Portuguese inland and Overseas provinces wich is wrong. These coat of arms can be seen in the gardens around the fountain designed with flowers and bushes.
Pero do Campo Tourinho was donee of the captaincy of Porto Seguro.
Born in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, according to the records of the Inquisition. The date is not known but certainty at the end of the fifteenth century, was the son of Gil Pires Tourinho and Branca Casada. He married Inês Fernandes Pinta and had three children, Fernão, Leonor e André. His house was on Tourinho street in Massadeira de Frades, and in it´s the façade seems to be a caravel. In 1517 he held the office of the Official at Viana do Castelo Mercy. In 1519, he came from Flanders with a load of cloth. There is no mention of it during the next decade.
On May 27, 1534 was awarded the captaincy of Porto Seguro by D. João III, given the threatening presence of the French.
Tourinho traveled to Brazil in 1535 to take possession and demarcate their land. He took about 700 people.
He lived 11 years in Porto Seguro and there left the mark of his genius building villages, forts and mills. Cleared the land, organized fishing, fought the Indians.
Tourinho died in Portugal in 1553, buried in Lisbon.
Bearer of Coat of Arms: Noble (aristocratic) family
Full name of the bearer: Pero do Campo Tourinho
Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?:
Fonte Luminosa @ Praça do Império (Fountain)
Material / Design: Stone
Blazon (heraldic description):
See above.
Address:
Praça do Império
Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link]
Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]
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