Rio Meão
Encyclopedia
Rio Meão is a Portuguese
parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. It has a population of 4,688 inhabitants and a total area of 6.47 km².
, in 1220, it became a parish.
Sancho I
received the parish, the Ordem do Hospitel, it later reorganized into a settlement of the Portuguese territory.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. It has a population of 4,688 inhabitants and a total area of 6.47 km².
History
The parish was first mentioned in the 8th century (773) as "Rius Medianus". The name of the parish comes from a small river south of the parish ("Rius Medianus") and is located between Santa Maria da Feira and Paços de BrandãoPaços de Brandão
Paços de Brandão is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, and Aveiro District, with an area of 3.71 km² and a population of 4,590 inhabitants . The population density is 1237 inhabitants per km²...
, in 1220, it became a parish.
Sancho I
Sancho I of Portugal
Sancho I , nicknamed the Populator , second monarch of Portugal, was born on 11 November 1154 in Coimbra and died on 26 March 1212 in the same city. He was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fourth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father...
received the parish, the Ordem do Hospitel, it later reorganized into a settlement of the Portuguese territory.
Sites of Interests
The parishes contains three historic traditional houses:- Casa dos Brandões de Tabuaça de Anta
- Casa do Mourão
- Casa da Peredinha