HISTORY OF THE QUINTA DA CAPELA
1537, before - probable building of the primitive manor, at the behest of Pedro do Rego, a nobleman born in Viana do Castelo, who, according to tradition, came to live in Sendim, escaped from justice;
1544, 3 January - news of the institution of the chapel of Senhora da Nazaré (see PT0118), by bachelor Pedro do Rego and his wife D. Beatriz, or D. Isabel Francisca de Vasconcelos, by means of a will dictated in the notes of the notary António de Proença , before embarking for Terceira Island, and through which he attached several properties of morgado to the chapel, but having arranged for the administration to run for the older children of his successors and for the visitor to receive two chickens for inspecting the accounts, with the charges were reduced to a mass every Saturday of the year and at the feast of the Lady; he ordered more if he kept a copy in the ark of the things of the church and another one in the county, so that it will always appear * 1;
century. 17 - probable expansion of the manor and construction of the fountain found on the fence;
1639, 23 June - Domingas de Matos, wife of Francisco do Rego de Gouveia, as heir to her husband, by deed of this date, links new lands to the chapel, where she wanted to be buried, adding another 25 annual masses, for her soul and her husband, to old obligations;
1683, 10 April - Miguel de Gouveia e Vasconcelos, lord of the manor, married to D. Bárbara Pereira de S. Paio, from Armamar, while heir to the founders, undertakes, by deed of this date, to comply with new deaths, which included 2 masses by the soul of Isabel de Vasconcelos and her husband, Francisco Correia, another two by the soul of Maria de Vasconcelos, widow of Henrique de Almeida, added to the previous masses already instituted * 2;
1694, 17 November - Death of D. Bárbara Pereira de São Paio, wife of Miguel de Gouveia de Vasconcelos, being buried in the chapel of Senhora da Nazaré; 18th century, beginnings - news from the late Manuel Pereira de Gouveia and Vasconcelos, from Sendim, son of Miguel de Gouveia de Vasconcelos and his wife D. Bárbara Pereira de São Paio, and who was married to D. Isabel Inácia Sarmento, born in Algoso - Miranda;
1733, 3 August - Birth, in Sendim, of Jerónimo Gouveia de Sarmento Falcão, firstborn male of Miguel de Gouveia Sarmento e Vasconcelos and his wife D. Helena Maria de Herédia Falcão, paternal grandson of Manuel Pereira de Gouveia e Vasconcelos, from Sendim , and D. Isabel Inácia Sarmento, from Algoso * 3;
1868, December 27 - In this session of the Moimenta da Beira Chamber, the names of the twelve main owners of that village are registered, and the name of José Guedes (Sarmento Loureiro de Vasconcelos), owner of Casa do Terreiro and other properties (GUIA, p. 352, 2001);
1880 - Pinho Leal makes several references to the manor, when referring to the chapel of Senhora da Nazaré, located "in the center of the villa of Sendim, next to the manor of Guedes, and one of its morgados", when writing that is located in Sendim "the manor of Guedes, of Moimenta da Beira, and they have here a very old house, and a farm with gigantic plane trees ", and concluding that at that time, among other notable private buildings, the" Guedes Sarmento, of Moimenta da Beira "was preserved, "with arms of arms";
1880, decade - The Parish Council launched a tax on the owners of the parish, which subjected them to the payment of 4% of the value of the contribution paid to the State, going to revert in favor of the interests of the Parish, being that of a long list of taxpayers , it is possible to register the ten largest shares, one of them worth 804 kings referring to José Guedes Sarmento, from Moimenta da Beira, owner of the manor and other assets in Sendim * 4;
century. 20, 1st half - the manor, together with the chapel of Senhora da Nazaré, is sold to Artur dos Santos Parente, from Távora; mid - the properties are acquired from the previous owner by Daniel dos Santos; 2nd half - recovery and improvement of two of the wings of the solar, by the owners, for housing purposes; final - the property is inherited by the current owners.
Today - Farm in permaculture and organic farming that creates, plants and protects species and products endogenous to the rural, cultural and natural territory of the region.
We are a family owned and operated business.
There are three springs in the Quinta, which irrigate ten fertile hectares, where we plant and harvest a huge variety of vegetables and fruits.
There are also ducks, chickens, rabbits, geese, cats, dogs, sheep and three bee hives that bless us with pollination and its delicious honey.
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