Almodôvar ( pronounced [almuˈðovaɾ] or [-vɐɾ] ; Arabic : المدوّر , romanized : al-Mudawwar , lit. 'the Round one') is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja , Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,449, in an area of 777.88 km .
13-604: (Redirected from Almodovar ) Almodóvar (from Arabic: المدوّر , al-mudawwar , "round, circular (place)") may refer to: Places [ edit ] Almodôvar , Beja, Portugal Almodóvar del Campo , Ciudad Real, Spain Almodóvar del Pinar , Cuenca, Spain Almodóvar del Río , Córdoba, Spain Almodóvar Reservoir , Cádiz, Spain People [ edit ] Pedro Almodóvar (b. 1949),
26-576: A Roman province for several centuries, was an abundant source of mineral ore which included gold , silver , copper , tin , lead , and iron . Given its mineral riches, the area played a significant role in the expansion of Roman metallurgy . During the Roman period, extensive mining and storage of valuable minerals required protective fortifications and mineral warehouses. This physiographic region contains many areas that contain large concentrations of ore and areas of extreme environmental conditions such as
39-433: A Spanish filmmaker Agustín Almodóvar (b. 1955), a Spanish film producer Melina Almodóvar , Puerto Rican salsa singer, songwriter, dancer, and entertainer Norma Jean Almodovar , American author and sex workers' activist Other [ edit ] Duke of Almodóvar del Río , a Spanish nobility title Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
52-569: A new Foral on June 1, 1512, by order of King Manuel I of Portugal . The Almodôvar area is situated in an area of transition between the Alentejo peneplain , in the northernmost part of the municipality, and the hills of the Serra do Caldeirão to the south of its territory. The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) which begins in Aljustrel and spreads through the lower Alentejo extending into Southern Spain crosses
65-501: Is António Bota, a member of the Socialist Party . The town's Museum of Southwestern Writing is featured on episode 1 of the three part documentary The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice , which was broadcast by the BBC in 2015, and hosted by Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver , featuring stone tables containing what some archeologists believe to be a proto-Celtic language. The municipality
78-427: Is about 250 km long and 30–50 km wide, running northwest to southeast from Alcácer do Sal (Portugal) to Sevilla (Spain). The mining activity in this region goes back thousands of years. The Iberian Pyrite Belt has had more than 2000 million tons of ore removed, and still has more than 400 million left to exploit. It is the largest concentration of massive sulfides in the world. The Iberian Pyrite Belt
91-611: Is subdivided into the following parishes: The village of Almodôvar is signaled in medieval Islamic cartography under the name al-Mudawwar meaning "thing in round" or "surrounded in round". The settlement was rebuilt at the time of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula , with walls surrounding it and a castle inside. Remains of these have, however, disappeared. Almodôvar received its first Foral (Town Charter ) on April 17, 1285, by order of King Dinis of Portugal , confirmed by
104-573: The Rio Tinto River . There are remains of more than 20 such small structures in the Portuguese Castro Verde territory. A mining transportation route that existed between the mines of Aljustrel 20 km to the north and the port city of Mértola 40 km to the east, is situated on the Guadiana river . The Sao Domingos Mine and Ríotinto mines accounted for one of the bases of
117-638: The Iberian Pyrite Belt are notable examples of volcanic- and sediment-hosted massive sulfide (VSHMS) deposits, which hybrids between the VMS and SEDEX deposits. Over 250 deposits are known in the belt. From the eighth century BC, there was mining in the area but it was the Romans who exploited the mines with greater intensity, thanks to its strategic position in the Mediterranean. This southern area of Lusitania ,
130-500: The area of the municipality. The municipality experiences a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild wet winters. This Beja location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Iberian Pyrite Belt The Iberian Pyrite Belt is a vast geographical area with particular geological features that stretches along much of the south of the Iberian Peninsula , from Portugal to Spain . It
143-539: The economy in the area. While in the Middle Ages there was a decline in the mining industry, in the Industrial Revolution it intensified again, especially from the late nineteenth century when dozens of mines operated, primarily producing pyrite. Removal of sulfur remained significant until the 1950s because of its application in the chemical industry (production of sulfuric acid ). At present, this mining area
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#1732855334077156-515: The title Almodóvar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Almodóvar&oldid=1255546852 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Arabic-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Almod%C3%B4var The present Mayor
169-497: Was formed 350 million years ago in the Devonian Period, connected to active and hydrothermal volcanism that led to the formation of a volcanic-sedimentary complex. Volcanic activity in the region led to eight giant volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits (VMS) associated with polymetallic massive flanks of volcanic cones in the form of pyrite , and also chalcopyrite , sphalerite , galena and cassiterite . The deposits of
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