Casa da Severa - Lisboa, Portugal - Childhood Homes on Waymarking.com

This house is located in Alfama, one of the old neighborhoods of Lisbon and probably the most atmospheric and picturesque. Now, some information about Severa, from Wikipedia:
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"Maria Severa Onofriana (1820 – November 30, 1846), also known simply as A Severa, is regarded as the first fado singer to have risen to fame, attaining a near-mythical status after her death. Fado has been described as the Portuguese expression of 'the blues,' and fado roughly means fate.

Maria Severa Onofriana was born in Lisbon, Portugal in the neighborhood of Madragoa in 1820. She was the daughter of Severo Manuel and Ana Gertrudes. Her mother was the owner of a tavern and had the nickname A Barbuda ("the bearded woman"). Severa is said to have been a tall and gracious prostitute, and would sing the fado in taverns, where she would also play the Portuguese guitar. She is known to have had several lovers, including Francisco de Paula Portugal e Castro, 13th Count of Vimioso, who brought her to attend bullfights (a public and important social event of that time).

She died of tuberculosis on November 30, 1846, on Capelão street in Mouraria, Lisbon, and afterward was buried on a common ditch on the cemetery of Alto de São João.

Her fame was due to a novel by Júlio Dantas, entitled A Severa, which was then made into a play and that was brought to stage in 1901. In 1931, director Leitão de Barros turned the play into the first Portuguese film to feature sound, A Severa.

A romantic musical, Maria Severa Onofriana, opened July 19, 2011, at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario. Book, music and lyrics by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli, directed by Jackie Maxwell and starring Julie Martell as Maria."


The house was recently renovated by the City (http://www.casadasevera.pt/).

Name of Famous Person: Maria Severa-Onofriana Physical Address: Largo da Severa What is this person famous for?: Singing Fado Website verifying legitimacy of site: [Web Link] Additional Website verifying Site legitimacy: [Web Link] Personal Experience: I didn't enter the place. I found it during one lonesome walking tour in the neighborhood. Even for a Lisboner, there are always new details and features to be found in such a quarter. Other information about area: The whole neighborhood is a gem and a must in any visit to Portugal and to Lisbon. The castle is on the highest spot but I would need to write a whole book to provide all proper information about the area.

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