Famalicão celebrates 36 years as a city with public homage to institutions and personalities
08-07-2021
The Mayor of Vila Nova de Famalicão, Paulo Cunha, invites the media to participate in the solemn session of the City Day, which will take place tomorrow, Friday, 9th July, at 18h00, at Casa das Artes.
On July 9, 1985, 36 years ago, the Assembly of the Republic raised Vila Nova de Famalicão to the category of city. To mark the date, collective pride is exalted and good community examples are proclaimed with a ceremony that will be broadcast live at www.famalicao.pt and the official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/municipiodevnfamalicao.
The solemn session will take place at Casa das Artes, and the in-person ceremony will be restricted to the honourees and their direct families, respecting the indications of the General Direction of Health, in the scope of Covid 19 prevention.
In all, the municipality will pay public homage to 37 personalities and 15 institutions that stood out in the most diverse areas of action in the community, from benevolence to culture, from sports to economy, from municipal merit to medal of honour.
The Member of the European Parliament and President of the Municipal Assembly of Famalicão, Nuno Melo, will be honoured with the highest award of the City Council of Vila Nova de Famalicão. Besides Nuno Melo, the Medal of Honour will also be given to the Consul General of Portugal in Paris, Carlos Manuel Folhadela de Macedo Oliveira and, posthumously, to the former Mayor of the City of Famalicão and Purveyor of Santa Casa da Misericórdia, José de Azevedo e Menezes.
On the day when precisely 36 years have passed since Famalicão was elevated to the category of city.
The Medal of Merit for Generosity will be given to the institutions Centro Social e Cultural de Riba de Ave and Centro Social e Paroquial de São Tiago de Antas, and also to the doctor Augusto Fernando Oliveira Duarte and the leader and volunteer Celso Francisco Sousa Branco.
The Medal of Merit for Cultural will honour the Scout Groups of Requião, Esmeriz, Mouquim and Vilarinho das Cambas. The Centro Artístico Casa ao Lado; the Colégio Machado Ruivo and Fecapaf - Federação Concelhia de Associações de Pais de Vila Nova de Famalicão. Also to be honoured in this area are the Zés Pereiras Groups "Os Delaenses" and "Os Divertidos", besides Anquises Fernando Cróccia Barbosa de Carvalho; Augusto Correia da Silva; Aurora dos Anjos Guimarães Ferreira Marques; Fernando Manuel Santos Lopes; Fernando Pereira da Costa (posthumously); Ivo Faria de Oliveira; João Afonso Machado Pinheiro Lobo da Figueira; Joaquim Pereira Rodrigues; Luís Filipe Moreira de Araújo; Manuel Joaquim Carneiro da Costa; Maria do Sameiro Fernandes Figueiredo; Patrícia Margarida Silva Costa and Rosa da Conceição da Silva Moreira.
With the Medal of Merit for Sports will be distinguished the associations Vento Norte; Associação de Pesca Desportiva Tílias Landinense and Associação de Moradores da Urbanização Colina do Ave. António Luís Ribeiro Lemos; Francisco José Machado Correia de Paiva; José Carlos Rodrigues de Sousa Caldeira and Luís Emanuel Ferreira Vaz will also be recognised.
The Medal of Merit for Local Government will be given to Adelino Santos Oliveira; António Alberto Simões da Costa; Armando Jorge Pinheiro Rodrigues de Carvalho; Delfim Fernando Machado Abreu; João Carlos Pereira Alves Ferreira and Laurentino Arauto da Silva (posthumously).
Meanwhile, the Medal of Merit for Economy will honour Serração de Nine; Alcino Gonçalves de Freitas; André Marques Vieira de Castro; Artur Manuel Duque da Silva; Isabel Maria Gonçalves Folhadela de Oliveira Mendes Furtado; José Alexandre Gonçalves de Oliveira; Libório Ribeiro da Silva; Luís Duque da Silva; Manuel Rocha Fernandes and Mário de Azevedo e Silva.
Famalicão celebrates 36 years as a city with public homage to institutions and personalities
08-07-2021
The Mayor of Vila Nova de Famalicão, Paulo Cunha, invites the media to participate in the solemn session of the City Day, which will take place tomorrow, Friday, 9th July, at 18h00, at Casa das Artes.
On July 9, 1985, 36 years ago, the Assembly of the Republic raised Vila Nova de Famalicão to the category of city. To mark the date, collective pride is exalted and good community examples are proclaimed with a ceremony that will be broadcast live at www.famalicao.pt and the official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/municipiodevnfamalicao.
The solemn session will take place at Casa das Artes, and the in-person ceremony will be restricted to the honourees and their direct families, respecting the indications of the General Direction of Health, in the scope of Covid 19 prevention.
In all, the municipality will pay public homage to 37 personalities and 15 institutions that stood out in the most diverse areas of action in the community, from benevolence to culture, from sports to economy, from municipal merit to medal of honour.
The Member of the European Parliament and President of the Municipal Assembly of Famalicão, Nuno Melo, will be honoured with the highest award of the City Council of Vila Nova de Famalicão. Besides Nuno Melo, the Medal of Honour will also be given to the Consul General of Portugal in Paris, Carlos Manuel Folhadela de Macedo Oliveira and, posthumously, to the former Mayor of the City of Famalicão and Purveyor of Santa Casa da Misericórdia, José de Azevedo e Menezes.
On the day when precisely 36 years have passed since Famalicão was elevated to the category of city.
The Medal of Merit for Generosity will be given to the institutions Centro Social e Cultural de Riba de Ave and Centro Social e Paroquial de São Tiago de Antas, and also to the doctor Augusto Fernando Oliveira Duarte and the leader and volunteer Celso Francisco Sousa Branco.
The Medal of Merit for Cultural will honour the Scout Groups of Requião, Esmeriz, Mouquim and Vilarinho das Cambas. The Centro Artístico Casa ao Lado; the Colégio Machado Ruivo and Fecapaf - Federação Concelhia de Associações de Pais de Vila Nova de Famalicão. Also to be honoured in this area are the Zés Pereiras Groups "Os Delaenses" and "Os Divertidos", besides Anquises Fernando Cróccia Barbosa de Carvalho; Augusto Correia da Silva; Aurora dos Anjos Guimarães Ferreira Marques; Fernando Manuel Santos Lopes; Fernando Pereira da Costa (posthumously); Ivo Faria de Oliveira; João Afonso Machado Pinheiro Lobo da Figueira; Joaquim Pereira Rodrigues; Luís Filipe Moreira de Araújo; Manuel Joaquim Carneiro da Costa; Maria do Sameiro Fernandes Figueiredo; Patrícia Margarida Silva Costa and Rosa da Conceição da Silva Moreira.
With the Medal of Merit for Sports will be distinguished the associations Vento Norte; Associação de Pesca Desportiva Tílias Landinense and Associação de Moradores da Urbanização Colina do Ave. António Luís Ribeiro Lemos; Francisco José Machado Correia de Paiva; José Carlos Rodrigues de Sousa Caldeira and Luís Emanuel Ferreira Vaz will also be recognised.
The Medal of Merit for Local Government will be given to Adelino Santos Oliveira; António Alberto Simões da Costa; Armando Jorge Pinheiro Rodrigues de Carvalho; Delfim Fernando Machado Abreu; João Carlos Pereira Alves Ferreira and Laurentino Arauto da Silva (posthumously).
Meanwhile, the Medal of Merit for Economy will honour Serração de Nine; Alcino Gonçalves de Freitas; André Marques Vieira de Castro; Artur Manuel Duque da Silva; Isabel Maria Gonçalves Folhadela de Oliveira Mendes Furtado; José Alexandre Gonçalves de Oliveira; Libório Ribeiro da Silva; Luís Duque da Silva; Manuel Rocha Fernandes and Mário de Azevedo e Silva.
