Amieira Cova celebrates lively chestnut festival with music and community

The Union of Freguesias of Gavião and Atalaia promoted an event that brought together the local population and people from other villages in the municipality.

Generic image of a Portuguese municipal building facade with an ornate balcony, under afternoon sunlight.
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Generic image of a Portuguese municipal building facade with an ornate balcony, under afternoon sunlight.

Amieira Cova, in Gavião, celebrated a lively chestnut festival promoted by the Union of Freguesias of Gavião and Atalaia, featuring the Gavião Youth Band and several local officials.

The Amieira Cova Community Center organized another activity that gathered the local population, as well as residents from Gavião and other villages in the municipality. The chestnut festival featured a performance by the Gavião Youth Band and the presence of the municipal executive, including António Severino, Júlio Catarino, Martina de Jesus, Fernando Delgado, and the councilor without portfolio Vítor Filipe, as well as Germano Porfírio, president of the Union of Freguesias of Gavião and Atalaia.
The facilities of the workshop of the Union of Freguesias of Gavião and Atalaia, strategically located in Amieira Cova, were provided for the festival, which lasted late into the night. The initiative was praised by attendees, with hopes for similar events to be repeated.
On November 7th, the Gavião Municipality Youth Band had already performed in Amieira Cova. Conductor Paulo Pires highlighted the importance of these concerts in bringing music to the villages of the municipality and mentioned João, a musician from Amieira Cova, as part of the youth band's current lineup. The concert was a memorable moment for the local population.
The Pedestrian Route 2 - Ecological Corridor of Ribeiras das Barrocas and Alferrereira was one of the routes of the Alentejo Walking Festival. Guided by the sports department of the Gavião Municipal Council, the walk brought together about thirty participants who covered 8 kilometers, learning about the operation of the old mills thanks to João Chambel.
Germano Porfírio, president of the Union of Freguesias of Gavião and Atalaia and vice-coordinator of the Portalegre delegation of the National Association of Freguesias, participated in a Meeting of Freguesias in Abrantes. The meeting aimed to clarify the mayors about the State Budget proposal for 2027 and to alert about the lack of financial reinforcement in the Freguesias Financing Fund (FFF). The need for freguesias to unite for a protest action on November 4th was highlighted, when the services of the adhering municipalities will be closed to the public, including the Union of Freguesias of Gavião and Atalaia. The meeting was attended by about two hundred mayors from the Central Region.
Based on information from the official source: União das Freguesias de Gavião e Atalaia (09/11/2026)