The 1st of December is the day on which the Restoration of Portugal's Independence is celebrated., face Spain, in 1640. The Municipality of Moura and the Parish Union of Safara and Santo Aleixo da Restoration celebrate this date, in Santo Aleixo da Restoration.
On this date, the heroicity of the Santoaleixenses in the battles against the Spaniards is marked every year..
The December 1st program will be marked, in the Praça da Restauração, with the reception the band's Artistic Circle Musical Safarense, to 10:30, followed by the Flying Flag, to 10:45. Following are the speeches by the President of the Union of Parishes of Safara and Santo Aleixo da Restauração, Francisco Candeias, and Mayor de Moura, Ãlvaro Azedo. To 11:30 the book by Francisco Carlos Machado de Almeida will be presented, titled “Captain Martim Carrascoâ€. To 12:30 there will be a popular gathering with performances by the Female Choir Group Associação Sol da Vida and the Choir Group of the Casa do Povo of Santo Aleixo da Restauração.
The coup d'etat of Portuguese contentment
Portugal was under the rule of the Spaniards and a group of insurgents planned and carried out a successful coup d'état and thus we regained our independence and a new king, D. John IV, came to rule the kingdom.
So, on 1 December 1640, a group of nobles, the Cast Forty as they became known, led a revolutionary coup d'etat, invaded the Royal Palace in Lisbon, killed the representative of Spain in Portugal, Miguel de Vasconcelos, and acclaimed D. John, Duke of Bragança, how D. John IV, king of portugal. This new king started the Bragança Dynasty. That day also went down in History as the moment of the Acclaim for the Independence of Portugal.
The revolt spread throughout the territory and consolidated our autonomy against the various Spanish attempts to nullify our self-determination as an independent nation..
During 28 year old, the Portuguese and their new king engaged in diplomatic efforts with other countries to give legitimacy to our territory as an independent nation and were involved in different conflicts and battles against our Spanish neighbors. At the end, Everything ended fine: in 1668 the Lisbon Treaty was signed, a commitment for peace between Spain and Portugal, in addition to promoting the recognition of Portugal as a Kingdom.
Text: Maria Jose Pimentel
