Câmara Municipal de Valença - Valença, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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N 42° 01.827 W 008° 38.676
29T E 529419 N 4653218
City Town Hall of 19 century
Waymark Code: WM18PY1
Location: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/07/2023
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EN: "City Hall built at the end of the century. 19, designed by architect José Pereira Viana, with a rectangular plan and two-story facades. It has great sobriety and simplicity of lines, with regular fenestration, presenting overlapping openings on all facades, only with a richer rhythm on the main one, where the arch modinature alternates with the straight lintel topped by a pediment, this at the level of the noble floor . Also a reference to the balcony guard of these windows, as it is decorated with finials and scrolled motifs, in successive modules. While the corners on the main façade are curved, those on the back have a sharp edge. The side facades are torn by rectilinear openings, initially corresponding to those on the first floor as doors, which are now closed and transformed into sill windows, as denoted by the stonework."
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Valença, also known as Valença do Minho, is a municipality and a town in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,127, in an area of 117.13 km2.
Valença officially became a city on 12 June 2009. The municipality is located in Viana do Castelo District. The present Mayor is Jorge Mendes, elected by the Social Democratic Party (PSD). The municipal holiday is 18 February.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
Boivão
Cerdal
Fontoura
Friestas
Gandra e Taião
Ganfei
Gondomil e Sanfins
São Julião e Silva
São Pedro da Torre
Valença, Cristelo Covo e Arão
Verdoejo
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