Viana do Alentejo

Viana do Alentejo () is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,743, in an area of 393.67 km².

The present Mayor is Bernardino Bengalinha Pinto, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is January 13.

Climate

Viana do Alentejo has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with mild, rainy winters and hot to very hot, dry summers.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):

• Aguiar
• Alcáçovas
• Viana do Alentejo

Notable residents

Notable people from Viana do Alentejo include:

• Joana da Gama (c.1520 – 1586) a Portuguese writer.
• Duarte Lobo (ca.1565 – 1646) a Portuguese composer.
• Aleixo de Abreu (1568–1630) a Portuguese physician and tropical pathologist.
• António Francisco Cardim (1596–1659) a Jesuit priest, missionary and historian in the Far East.
• (1941-2011) actor.

Twin towns

Viana do Alentejo is twinned with:

• Igarassu, Brazil
• Porto Seguro, Brazil
• Viana, Brazil

Gallery

References

External links

• Town Hall official website