A collaborative, digital route through the Italian presence in the municipality of Bombarral, from the 16th to the 20th century. Each stop has its own page, with the history of the place and its location on the map.
Map of the routes
Green: stops · orange: streets along the way · purple: boundaries of the former estate · blue line: walking route in Bombarral. Click a point to see its description (in Portuguese).
Route A — Carvalhal
The Tower and the Quinta dos Loridos keep the memory of the Affaitati-Lafetá, merchants and bankers from Cremona who settled in Carvalhal in the 16th century.
- Carvalhal Tower — The Lafetá Tower
- Chapel of Our Lady of Succour — The “Capelinha do Socorro”
- Quinta dos Loridos — The Affaitati entailed estate
More Carvalhal stops will be added soon.
Route B — Bombarral (town)
A circular walking route through the area of the former estate of the Lafetá Aranha family, descendants of the Lafetá of Carvalhal, and through the places linked to Evaristo Judicibus, grandson of a Neapolitan: the theatre, the old fire station and the printing house. About 2.2 km; up to 45 minutes with explanations.
- The former Lafetá Aranha estate — Start of the route
- The old Volunteer Fire Brigade station — Start and finish
- Rua da Madalena — The Lafetá Aranha house and the first Town Hall
- Rua José Maria Duarte — The republican married to a Lafetá Aranha
- Eduardo Brazão Theatre — A work of Evaristo Judicibus
- The Judicibus printing house — Rua do Comércio
- Rua Evaristo Judicibus — Who was Evaristo Judicibus
Walking sequence: old fire station → Rua da Madalena → Rua José Maria Duarte → Rua Dr. Henrique Coimbra → Rua Dr. José Sabino Pereira → Travessa dos Bacelos → Rua José Barardo → Eduardo Brazão Theatre → Rua do Comércio → old fire station.
Credits
- Research and texts: Nunziatella Alessandrini (CHAM — NOVA FCSH) and Nuno Taborda Ferreira
- Partners: Archive of the Church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto, Associazione Emiliano Romagnoli nella Penisola Iberica (AERPI) and Associação de Defesa do Património Cultural do Concelho do Bombarral (ADPCCB)
- Promoter: Associação de Desenvolvimento do Carvalhal
Ruas com Sotaque project — Associação de Desenvolvimento do Carvalhal, supported by the LVT+Cultura programme (CCDR LVT).
