Queluz, Portugal
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Queluz is a Portuguese
Portugal
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 city located in the municipality
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 of Sintra
Sintra
Sintra is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion of Portugal. Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.In addition to...

, in the Greater Lisbon Area
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Lisbon Metropolitan Area is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities in Portugal. The smaller Grande Lisboa area is a subregion of the NUTS II Lisbon Region by its own right....

.. It comprises the parishes of Massamá
Massamá
Massamá is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Sintra, and a suburb of Lisbon. Separated from Queluz in 1997, it has an area of 2.78 km² and a population of 28,176 The parish consists of three different zones...

, Monte Abraão and Queluz
Queluz (Sintra)
Queluz is a Portuguese city and parish ,located in the municipality of Sintra, in the Lisbon District. The city of Queluz, which includes the parishes of Queluz, Massamá and Monte Abraão, has a combined population of approximately 111,424 and it is located in the municipality of Sintra, in the...

  and has over four parishes in his area of influence: Almargem do Bispo, Belas
Belas
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, Barcarena
Barcarena
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 and Casal de Cambra. The city has a population of 78.273.

Queluz City was created on July 24, 1997 by Law No 88/97. Before, Queluz was a village.

Crossed by Jamor river, the city with the Queluz National Palace
Queluz National Palace
The Queluz National Palace is a Portuguese 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a freguesia of the modern-day Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europe, the palace was conceived as a summer retreat for Dom Pedro of Braganza,...

 was the seat of the Portuguese court in the eighteenth century.

Climate

Queluz has a microclimate that is a Upper Thermo-Mediterranean sub-humid. The average annual precipitation is 825 mm

Toponym

As for the origins of the name of the city, there are huge disputes over time, and the prevailing thesis of David Lim and Jose Pedro Machado, through which is the junction of the Arabic words câ - tight valley - and Llûs - - almond - which got its present name, which means in terms of origin "The Valley of the Almond Tree."

Some argue, however, that the name of Queluz is due to the Mountain of Light - now Monte Abraão - where was made the worship to the sun.

Human occupation dates back Queluz proven to Late Neolithic / Chalcolithic (between IV and III millennium BC), as witness monuments and vestiges.

History until the seventeenth century

The early settlement was established in Queluz in 4200 BC. In 2000 BC a settlement was built in Massamá. In the year 1147, when the Christian conquest Lisbon was conquered too the Heath of Queluz.

In the first and second Millennium and until the eighteenth century, Queluz was a local for houses and farms of the clergy and nobility. Queluz was Lisbon and ending in the year 1768 the Senate put one term in Massamá

Environment

The city of Queluz has various parks, however there are three main ones. Two are in the parish of Queluz and the other is in the parish of Massamá

Queluz Forest or "Matinha de Queluz"
The Queluz Forest is a small forest walled, with around 21 hectares. It is an isolated wooded area, located on the Queluz city, assuming an importance that justifies its suitability for public use. Is a forest area of great ecological wealth and landscape, a true relic of vegetation climate. In Portuguese it's called "Matinha de Queluz."

Salgueiro Maia Park
The Salgueiro Maia park has only one hectare. In summer is open from 9:30 a.m. to 20:00. In winter is open from 9:30 a.m. to 18:00. It is a space with areas of lawn, a anfitriatro and a playground. Is also devoted to sport.

Felício Loureiro Park
This is the most emblematic park of the Queluz city. Fairly wooded, with equipment that enable users to recreation, leisure and exercise.

Divided into two zones, the first extends along the river Jamor, where he stands among other equipment, the sculpture of José Pedro Croft and the ducks on the Jamor river. The second zone includes the circuit of exercise, as well as grassy areas geared towards recreation and leisure.

Demographics

Evolutionary picture of the resident population in the city of Queluz (1830–2001)
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001
3.225 4.967 7.968 15.746 27.815 48.112 60.370 78.273


Seventeenth Fair

On July or in August there is a fair outside of Pousada de Dona Maria
Pousada de Dona Maria, Queluz
The Pousada de Dona Maria is a large building in Queluz, Portugal. It is the focal point of a complex of buildings within the precincts of the Queluz Palace. The edifice is Baroque in design with an ecclesiastical appearance due to its five stage bell tower surmounted by floral finials. In age...

 that recreates the golden period of the Queluz Palace.The admission is free.

The Seventeenth Fair recreates the era of the reign of Queen Mary I and provide to local community and visitors a real journey in time in which there are many artisans and merchants, to recreate arts and crafts of the time.

There are animation and characters that form of entertainment and culture will remind facts related to the eighteenth time, where Queluz hosted the Portuguese Court.

Choral concerts

Sometimes, on Sunday afternoon there are choral concerts at the Queluz National Palace
Queluz National Palace
The Queluz National Palace is a Portuguese 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a freguesia of the modern-day Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europe, the palace was conceived as a summer retreat for Dom Pedro of Braganza,...

. The city has three choirs and sometimes have to act Queluz other.

Monte Abraão Fair

The Monte Abraão Fair is held every Saturday and is the biggest of Queluz. On fair we can buy clothes, food, handicrafts, vegetables, flowers, shoes, tools, etc. The Fair is in "Rua Cidade Desportiva" and there isn't frippery for sale. The open hour is eight a.m.

Train

The city of Queluz has three train stations. The railway line has frequent trains and linking Queluz to Lisbon, to Amadora and to Sintra

There is a train station by parish. In the parish of Monte Abraão, station called Monte Abraão, in the parish of Massamá the station is called Barcarena-Massamá and in the parish of Queluz the station is called Queluz-Belas.

Bus

There are many buses, of Vimeca that connect Queluz to Oeiras, to Lisbon, to Amadora, and to Carcavelos

Taxi

In the city of Queluz can not catch a taxi on the street when it is in progress. Only can take a taxi service in Taxi Square or calling it by telephone. There are five Taxis Squares in the city of Queluz.

Historical personalities

Isaac Abravanel Thinker of Jewish origin (Lisbon, 1437-Venice, 1508) lived several years in the region of Queluz, most likely in the area of Monte Abraão. Isaac Abravanel published comments on the Bible and the Torah in Hebrew and studies philosophical and apologetic.

Dom Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal; English: Peter I, 12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834), was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil and also King of Portugal as Pedro IV, having reigned for eight years in Brazil and two months in Portugal. He was son of King John VI
John VI of Portugal
John VI John VI John VI (full name: João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael; (13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826) was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (later changed to just King of Portugal and the Algarves, after Brazil was recognized...

 and his queen, Charlotte of Spain
Charlotte of Spain
Doña Carlota Joaquina of Spain was a Queen consort of Portugal as wife of John VI...

. Pedro was born around 8:02 a.m. on 12 October 1798 at the Queluz National Palace. He died of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
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 in the same room at the Queluz National Palace of his birth, aged 35 at 2:30 p.m. on 24 September 1834.

Dom Miguel I, sometimes Michael (26 October 1802 – 14 November 1866, Bronnbach, Grand Duchy of Baden
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), was the King of Portugal between 1828 and 1834, the seventh child and second son of King John VI
John VI of Portugal
John VI John VI John VI (full name: João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael; (13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826) was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (later changed to just King of Portugal and the Algarves, after Brazil was recognized...

 and his queen, Charlotte of Spain
Charlotte of Spain
Doña Carlota Joaquina of Spain was a Queen consort of Portugal as wife of John VI...

. Miguel, brother of D. Pedro IV, was also born in Queluz National Palace as their brothers and sisters.

António Enes
Born in Lisbon on August 15, 1848 and died in Queluz August 6, 1901. He graduated from the course on literature and worked in the Jornal do Comércio, Gazeta do Povo, O País, Progresso, Correio da Noite, Novidades e O Dia.

Alberto Pimentel
Alberto Pimentel was born in Porto in 1849 and died in Queluz in the year 1925. He wrote about 200 works of literature and lived with Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão. Alberto Pimentel, prose writer of merit, has spent the last years in isolation from his library, surrounded by memorabilia in Queluz, where he died.

João de Pinho e Cruz
Born in 1874 and this was a known doctor in the town of Queluz. He has clinical Almargem Bishop and Queluz, where he resided. It was the only councilman elected by regionalist to officiate in 1925. Former vice chairman of the Senate Hall.

Manuel Vilela Fernandes de Barros
Born in 1875. He lived in Queluz which owned a pharmacy. He was assistant to the Registrar, Director of the Lusitano College and for some years and third substitute of the Judge in the county. He joined the lists of the Portuguese Republican Party in 1919 and 1922. Three years later joined the lists of the Democratic Left. Played in the House of Sintra the positions of Member of the Executive Board of Alderman and Deputy Executive Chief.

João Baptista Cosiglièri Pedroso Gomes da Silva (Cosiglièri Pedroso)
Born in 1883, owned and resided in Queluz. Was a substitute for the prosecutor. In 1925, joining the list of "Left" was elected to the General Prosecutor of the District. He was also Chairman of the Executive Committee (1919) and to the General Prosecutor of the District (1925).

José Stuart Carvalhais
Born in Vila Real, in 1887, lived most of his life on the street Conde Almeida Araujo in Queluz. He was a painter and caricaturist, his work being closely linked to Queluz. His son, told the Jornal de Queluz, said: "To Stuart, Queluz was his refuge, the nostalgia of his childhood transmontana, his love for Nature. The most important point - for him - was the Garden, perhaps because substantiate everything rather than deeply loved. "

Mário Pinto
He lived in the city of Queluz for over 40 years. Born in 1926 and began his career as a photographer in 1940. Participated in more than 1200 international exhibitions around 3000 cm photographic work accepted. In 1965, Mário Pinto presented an exhibition of his photographs at the Palace of the 2nd Marquis of Pombal, in Queluz. Mário Pinto was celebrating his 25 year career.

Ruy Belo
Ruy Belo was born in Rio Maior in 1933 and died on Monte Abraão in 1978. Was a translator of Saint-Exupéry, Montesquieu and Jose Luis Borges and this is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. The city of Queluz honored the poet to give his name to a school of Mount Abraham, where he lived for over forty years.

Alberto Neto
Padre Alberto Neto was ordained priest on August 15, 1957. It was known as Padre Alberto and was a pioneer of modern Catholic Portuguese. He was pastor of Fine from 1979 to 1982 and 1984 he was pastor at Rio de Mouro. Before his death he taught at the Lycée de Queluz, now School Padre Alberto Neto.

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