Ria Formosa is a Natural Park that runs from Faro to near Castro Marim, it’s one of Nature’s untouched paradises and the ideal place if you want to have a nice and relaxed moment.
By chance I found this video in YouTube which might give you a glimpse of it. Enjoy and visit it in your next touristic adventure in Tavira :)
Recent research carried out in Tavira’s Municipal Historic Archives brought to light new data on the history of the city. A document found in the archives reveals that another bandstand arrived in Tavira, prior to the current bandstand which can be seen in the centre of Tavira public Garden.
The bandstand that can be see today inside Tavira Garden, which has been the object of extensive studies and which is widely known, was part of the municipal executive’s plan for the construction of a public promenade along the right bank of the Gilão river, together with the purchase and setting up of a public lavatory, benches, street lamps and the respective columns. We further know, as far as the bandstand in the Picture is concerned, that it was commissioned to the Ouro Foundry and that it was transported by ship from the ironworks in Porto to Olhão, where it arrived at the beginning of 1890.
Years earlier, more specifically in the winter of 1882, the 4th Gunner Battalion, a military contingency force that comprised a musical formation, formally thanked the municipality, at the time headed by José Dionel da Franca Matos, for the financial contribution they had provided for the construction of a bandstand on the Constituição Square (Praça da Constituição). The contribution, amounting to twelve thousand réis, proved to be unnecessary for the execution of the work as, according to Manuel Cipriano Ribeiro, Commander of the 4th Gunners’ Battalion, the amount due had been obtained, in the meantime, through the support of private sponsors. The amount in excess was returned to the Municipality which, given the unexpected contribution, invested this amount in the setting up of street lamps. No other particulars regarding the artistic nature or physical structure have been found, as we only had access to the above mentioned document after the conclusion of the building of this recreational and cultural equipment in November 1882 on the Constitution Sq., today the República Sq. (Praça da República), although this does not mean that it was located on this square which is Tavira main square, as the designation of the toponymy was extensive to the former public promenade. The research has not been concluded, but we are led to believe, from recently gathered documentation, that the musical shows performed in Tavira in the 19th century, took place on more than one bandstand.
If you are visiting Tavira around the 24 of June, besides the usual festivities, a bit all over the council, Tavira will once again be the stage for the popular marches, on the 23, at 21h30, on the República Sq., and on the 27, at 21h30, in the Dr. Eduardo Mansinho Municipal Pavilion.
THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATIONS WILL ALSO INCLUDE:
INAUGURATIONS:
Popular Saints festivities are long tradition events in Portugal, not only in Lisbon or Porto, but also in many Portuguese cities. The music, the “jumping over the fire”, the sardines, the dancing and the folk music gives a colorful and special meaning to the warm nights of June.
Some of you - at least my regular readers - must have noticed the voting poll in the far left column. I started this poll in the beginning of May and the intention is to assess my audience and write more about specific subjects directly tied to your level of knowledge about Tavira.
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The Laudanum (Cistus ladanifer L.) is an important element in the existing brushwoods of ecosystems characterized by a Mediterranean climate, especially in non calcareous soils where it often becomes the dominating species.
It is a rapidly growing perennial plant. Usually upright bearing up to 2,5m tall although most of the times it does not exceed 2m in height.
Long, narrow foliage that may reach 10cm in length and 1,5cm width. The younger plants are strongly impregnated with a bright and resinous substance that sticks to the hands and clothes.
It has large solitary 10 cm wide flower. With 3 sepals and 5 white petals, it sometimes has a purple blotch at the base of each petal. Each flower last only one single day in a long succession of flowers.
The fruit is a globose capsule with 7-10 compartments. The plant can be found in the whole western Mediterranean region and on the Canary Islands. It is quite abundant in Alentejo and Algarve and in the Spanish regions of Extremadura, Serra Morena, Andalusia and Castela.
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