Description Oliveira de Azeméis

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Oliveira de Azeméis is a Portuguese city belonging to the District of Aveiro, located in the Greater Metropolitan Area of ??Porto, in the North and NUT III regions of Entre Douro e Vouga. It is the seat of a municipality that has 19 parishes, distributed over 12 territorial units. With 163.41 km² of area, the municipality is occupied by about 69 000 inhabitants.

It is limited to the northeast by the municipality of Arouca, to the east by Vale de Cambra and Sever do Vouga, to the south by Albergaria-a-Velha, to the west by Estarreja and Ovar and to the northwest by São João da Madeira and Santa Maria da Feira. de Azeméis is an important place since time immemorial, being a place with proven human presence, since at least 2000 BC, in the castros of Ul and Ossela. Later, it became a stopping point on the Roman roads of Conímbriga-Porto and Lisboa-Braga, of which the milestone of mile XII remains.

Among other reasons of interest and with a mandatory visit, the park of La Salette and the chapel with the same name deserve the attention of visitors. An excellent place for leisure, the park provides excellent viewpoints for the surrounding landscape.

Folklore is part of the county's cultural traditions. The festivities of Our Lady of La Salette, which take place in August, are the most popular.

The chapel, with the same name, was built between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Gothic monument, it was the first temple built in Portugal for the cult of Our Lady of La Salette.

The gastronomic offer is closely linked to productive activities and the richness of the soil. Oliveira de Azeméis can therefore be grateful for what nature has to offer.

The millers' activity made it possible to obtain high quality flours and rice that allow the creation of products such as Ul's bread, regueifas and Cesar's febras rice.

Roasted kid dishes, rice with swine bones, rojões, roasted veal, ancho like Fajões, Cesar's french toast, São Miguel's papas, among many others that can be tasted are also very popular. in the county's restaurants. There are also several fish dishes where special emphasis is placed on codfish.

It is also interesting that part of the parish of Ossela is inserted in the demarcated region of vinho verde.

Oliveira de Azeméis handicrafts are very varied and, in some cases, unique in the country. Copper works, glass pieces, sacred art, wooden art, basketry and the typical bags of Cucujães strips, made from interlaced felt strips, are some examples.