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GPS 38.572534383661505, -7.906957304287531
The Évora Public Library is located in the city and district of the same name, in Portugal.
Founded in 1805 by Archbishop D. Frei Manuel do Cenáculo, an erudite cleric, a leading representative of the Portuguese Enlightenment, the library has two centuries of history and, within the scope of Decree-Law No. 92/2007 of March 29, became part of , organically, the Directorate-General for Books and Libraries. As part of the internal reorganization of the organic structure of the National Library of Portugal, in 2012, the Public Library of Évora became dependent on this institution.
History
The idea for the institution dates back to the death, in 1800, of D. Frei Joaquim Xavier Botelho de Lima, archbishop of Évora, who left in the Metropolitan Palace a vast and valuable collection of bound books, summarily classified by his secretary, later a canon of the Cathedral , D. Frei Miguel de São Remígio.
In 1802, D. Frei Manuel do Cenáculo was appointed Archbishop of Évora, and the following year (1803) began adaptation works on the 17th century pavilion on the west side of the Episcopal Palace, in Terreiro dos Açadogues (currently Largo Conde de Vila Flor). In 1804, with these works in progress, the religious established the original fund for the future library. Once the works were completed, the religious recorded in his Diary:
"March 25, 1805. I went to put the first book on the shelves of my bookstore; it was the first volume of the Polyglota of Ximenes; I went with the vicar general, chaplains and family members. I had a crate opened and the first book I came across was to 'Évora Glorioza', which seemed something to reflect on". The following year (1806), Prince Regent D. João and the Portuguese Court visited the Bookstore, whose collection was then estimated at around fifty thousand volumes.
In the context of the Peninsular War, Évora was occupied and sacked by Napoleonic troops (July 1808) under the command of General Louis Henri Loison (known as "The One-armed"). The General Staff of the French troops was installed in the Episcopal Palace and some of the officers proceeded to destroy many books, manuscripts, ivory and gilt images and steal gold and silver coins and medals from the Roman period, Visigoths, Muslim and Portuguese.
After this period of upheaval, D. Frei Manuel do Cenáculo acted to ensure the continuity of the institution with the publication of its Statutes (21 September 1811) and the obtaining of income from Mitra and Fábrica da Sé, shortly before of dying, which occurred on January 26, 1814. The library's assets were estimated, at the time, at 300,000 Cruzados.
At the time of the Portuguese Civil War (1828-1834), in 1832, Metropolitan D. Frei Fortunato de São Boaventura, chronicler of the Monastery of Alcobaça, of the Cistercian Order, ordered the closure of the "Livraria", dismissed the employees and, in 1834 ordered the removal, to Estremoz, where he accompanied the troops of Miguel I of Portugal, of some carts of books, which were lost after his death, in exile in Rome (1844). The Évora Library then had more than 12,000 books, rare works from the 16th and 17th centuries, which the metropolitan considered heretical and Jansenist, and which he threatened to burn.
Subsequently, over the years, the original fund was enriched by donations, acquisitions and also by the incorporation of funds belonging to the convents, which were extinguished in 1834.
With the implementation of liberalism in Portugal, the Library entered the public sphere. Its first civil librarian was Dr. Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara (1838-1855), doctor and large landowner, appointed by Maria II of Portugal. He owes not only organization and some stability to the institution, but above all its first expansion, with the inauguration of the so-called "New Room". He was also responsible for publishing the first volume of the "Catalog of Manuscripts of the Public Library of Évora", a publication that would only be completed in 1871 by the Évora bibliophile Joaquim António de Sousa Telles de Matos, based on the librarian's notes. Cunha Rivara, who was also a professor of Philosophy at the Lyceum of Évora and a liberal deputy, in a Report of September 29, 1845, sent to the Ministry of the Kingdom, presents a "History of the Library", referring to its state and its assets: " 25,000 simple volumes, 5,000 folded volumes, 1800 handwritten codices, 6,000 and so many medals; 300 and so many panels, a small museum of natural products; another of rarities, monuments of antiquity, lapstones, inscriptions, etc.", noting that in that count no "most of the Friars' Books, which are still preserved in deposits", had entered. The main "need" of the institution, he noted, was "to fill the gap in books that has existed since the founding of the Caza until today. A bookstore like this, like this one, with modern works is no longer frequented, and a useless establishment remains. It seems me that an annual quota for this Caza should be allocated as soon as possible in the Budget."
Another director who played a prominent role in the organization and development of the library was Augusto Filipe Simões (1864-1872). Having found the library in a state of decay, both its facilities and its assets, with books piled up and in a poor state of conservation, during its management the property underwent important remodeling and improvement works, which gave it its current appearance: the main staircase , which connects the ground floor to the first floor, was built, as well as the Sala Filipe Simões and the rooms on the current ground floor.
In 1916, the Évora District Archive was attached to the Library, which was renamed "Évora Public Library and District Archive". To this end, the Convento dos Lóios was expropriated, part of which was integrated into the Public Library of Évora.
The institution began to enjoy the benefits of the Legal Deposit in 1931, which, while increasing and diversifying its collection, also caused serious space problems and the need for a specialized staff that would allow for adequate technical treatment of the collection.
Precisely due to space problems in the period 1940-1941, construction began on the "Sala Novíssima" and the "Casa-Forte", for which the room of the "Archaeological Museum", which was then in precarious conditions, was demolished. During the same period, the newspaper library was opened (1941).
In 1962, the District Archive collection was removed from the Convento dos Lóios and installed in the building that had belonged to the Jesuits, which currently belongs to the University of Évora. The Casa Pia workshops operated in this building.
Decree-law no. 60 of 1997 separated the Public Library from the Évora District Archive. This separation and the distribution of staff between the two Institutions further accentuated the lack of human resources from which the library chronically suffered.
Currently, the institution has sought to make the most of the resources at its disposal in order to better carry out some of the fundamental missions attributed to public libraries by the UNESCO Manifesto.
Thus, in the context of the celebrations of its bicentenary, in October 2005 the institution's first computerized online catalog was made available to the public and the home loan service was launched. With these initiatives, in addition to its primary mission as a heritage library and general research - committed to collecting, safeguarding and disseminating valuable documentary heritage, serving researchers from all over the world -, a public library began to attract a new audience, facilitating access from the community to education, information, knowledge, but also recreation and leisure, obtaining greater visibility and a more positive social perception.
Booty
Considered one of the oldest and richest libraries in Portugal due to the set and content of its collections, the collection of the Public Library of Évora currently comprises 664 incunabula and 6,445 printed books from the 16th century, in addition to several collections of handwritten documents, cartography , sheet music and more than 20,000 titles from periodical publications. Beneficiary of the Legal Deposit since the 1930s, it also stands out for its scope in terms of current bibliography, whose collections amount to more than 612 thousand volumes.
Immobile
Its current building was erected in 1656 on the remains of the old Évora Castle and the grounds of the Cathedral, which had been housed there while its own works were taking place. The property was originally designed to serve as the Colégio dos Moços do Coro da Sé by the Governor of the Archbishopric D. Frei Luís de Sousa, elected bishop of the Diocese of Porto, and inaugurated in 1666. At the time, the Archbishop's Palace (currently the Museu de Évora ) and the College were connected by a walkway, closed in 1883.
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Versão portuguesa aqui.
GPS 38.572534383661505, -7.906957304287531
The Évora Public Library is located in the city and district of the same name, in Portugal.
Founded in 1805 by Archbishop D. Frei Manuel do Cenáculo, an erudite cleric, a leading representative of the Portuguese Enlightenment, the library has two centuries of history and, within the scope of Decree-Law No. 92/2007 of March 29, became part of , organically, the Directorate-General for Books and Libraries. As part of the internal reorganization of the organic structure of the National Library of Portugal, in 2012, the Public Library of Évora became dependent on this institution.
History
The idea for the institution dates back to the death, in 1800, of D. Frei Joaquim Xavier Botelho de Lima, archbishop of Évora, who left in the Metropolitan Palace a vast and valuable collection of bound books, summarily classified by his secretary, later a canon of the Cathedral , D. Frei Miguel de São Remígio.
In 1802, D. Frei Manuel do Cenáculo was appointed Archbishop of Évora, and the following year (1803) began adaptation works on the 17th century pavilion on the west side of the Episcopal Palace, in Terreiro dos Açadogues (currently Largo Conde de Vila Flor). In 1804, with these works in progress, the religious established the original fund for the future library. Once the works were completed, the religious recorded in his Diary:
"March 25, 1805. I went to put the first book on the shelves of my bookstore; it was the first volume of the Polyglota of Ximenes; I went with the vicar general, chaplains and family members. I had a crate opened and the first book I came across was to 'Évora Glorioza', which seemed something to reflect on". The following year (1806), Prince Regent D. João and the Portuguese Court visited the Bookstore, whose collection was then estimated at around fifty thousand volumes.
In the context of the Peninsular War, Évora was occupied and sacked by Napoleonic troops (July 1808) under the command of General Louis Henri Loison (known as "The One-armed"). The General Staff of the French troops was installed in the Episcopal Palace and some of the officers proceeded to destroy many books, manuscripts, ivory and gilt images and steal gold and silver coins and medals from the Roman period, Visigoths, Muslim and Portuguese.
After this period of upheaval, D. Frei Manuel do Cenáculo acted to ensure the continuity of the institution with the publication of its Statutes (21 September 1811) and the obtaining of income from Mitra and Fábrica da Sé, shortly before of dying, which occurred on January 26, 1814. The library's assets were estimated, at the time, at 300,000 Cruzados.
At the time of the Portuguese Civil War (1828-1834), in 1832, Metropolitan D. Frei Fortunato de São Boaventura, chronicler of the Monastery of Alcobaça, of the Cistercian Order, ordered the closure of the "Livraria", dismissed the employees and, in 1834 ordered the removal, to Estremoz, where he accompanied the troops of Miguel I of Portugal, of some carts of books, which were lost after his death, in exile in Rome (1844). The Évora Library then had more than 12,000 books, rare works from the 16th and 17th centuries, which the metropolitan considered heretical and Jansenist, and which he threatened to burn.
Subsequently, over the years, the original fund was enriched by donations, acquisitions and also by the incorporation of funds belonging to the convents, which were extinguished in 1834.
With the implementation of liberalism in Portugal, the Library entered the public sphere. Its first civil librarian was Dr. Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara (1838-1855), doctor and large landowner, appointed by Maria II of Portugal. He owes not only organization and some stability to the institution, but above all its first expansion, with the inauguration of the so-called "New Room". He was also responsible for publishing the first volume of the "Catalog of Manuscripts of the Public Library of Évora", a publication that would only be completed in 1871 by the Évora bibliophile Joaquim António de Sousa Telles de Matos, based on the librarian's notes. Cunha Rivara, who was also a professor of Philosophy at the Lyceum of Évora and a liberal deputy, in a Report of September 29, 1845, sent to the Ministry of the Kingdom, presents a "History of the Library", referring to its state and its assets: " 25,000 simple volumes, 5,000 folded volumes, 1800 handwritten codices, 6,000 and so many medals; 300 and so many panels, a small museum of natural products; another of rarities, monuments of antiquity, lapstones, inscriptions, etc.", noting that in that count no "most of the Friars' Books, which are still preserved in deposits", had entered. The main "need" of the institution, he noted, was "to fill the gap in books that has existed since the founding of the Caza until today. A bookstore like this, like this one, with modern works is no longer frequented, and a useless establishment remains. It seems me that an annual quota for this Caza should be allocated as soon as possible in the Budget."
Another director who played a prominent role in the organization and development of the library was Augusto Filipe Simões (1864-1872). Having found the library in a state of decay, both its facilities and its assets, with books piled up and in a poor state of conservation, during its management the property underwent important remodeling and improvement works, which gave it its current appearance: the main staircase , which connects the ground floor to the first floor, was built, as well as the Sala Filipe Simões and the rooms on the current ground floor.
In 1916, the Évora District Archive was attached to the Library, which was renamed "Évora Public Library and District Archive". To this end, the Convento dos Lóios was expropriated, part of which was integrated into the Public Library of Évora.
The institution began to enjoy the benefits of the Legal Deposit in 1931, which, while increasing and diversifying its collection, also caused serious space problems and the need for a specialized staff that would allow for adequate technical treatment of the collection.
Precisely due to space problems in the period 1940-1941, construction began on the "Sala Novíssima" and the "Casa-Forte", for which the room of the "Archaeological Museum", which was then in precarious conditions, was demolished. During the same period, the newspaper library was opened (1941).
In 1962, the District Archive collection was removed from the Convento dos Lóios and installed in the building that had belonged to the Jesuits, which currently belongs to the University of Évora. The Casa Pia workshops operated in this building.
Decree-law no. 60 of 1997 separated the Public Library from the Évora District Archive. This separation and the distribution of staff between the two Institutions further accentuated the lack of human resources from which the library chronically suffered.
Currently, the institution has sought to make the most of the resources at its disposal in order to better carry out some of the fundamental missions attributed to public libraries by the UNESCO Manifesto.
Thus, in the context of the celebrations of its bicentenary, in October 2005 the institution's first computerized online catalog was made available to the public and the home loan service was launched. With these initiatives, in addition to its primary mission as a heritage library and general research - committed to collecting, safeguarding and disseminating valuable documentary heritage, serving researchers from all over the world -, a public library began to attract a new audience, facilitating access from the community to education, information, knowledge, but also recreation and leisure, obtaining greater visibility and a more positive social perception.
Booty
Considered one of the oldest and richest libraries in Portugal due to the set and content of its collections, the collection of the Public Library of Évora currently comprises 664 incunabula and 6,445 printed books from the 16th century, in addition to several collections of handwritten documents, cartography , sheet music and more than 20,000 titles from periodical publications. Beneficiary of the Legal Deposit since the 1930s, it also stands out for its scope in terms of current bibliography, whose collections amount to more than 612 thousand volumes.
Immobile
Its current building was erected in 1656 on the remains of the old Évora Castle and the grounds of the Cathedral, which had been housed there while its own works were taking place. The property was originally designed to serve as the Colégio dos Moços do Coro da Sé by the Governor of the Archbishopric D. Frei Luís de Sousa, elected bishop of the Diocese of Porto, and inaugurated in 1666. At the time, the Archbishop's Palace (currently the Museu de Évora ) and the College were connected by a walkway, closed in 1883.
Full list of Geochaching below:
https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc
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