Latest news and stories from the Viseu district, Portugal.
A lost wine cellar in the Dão Wine Commission building, containing over 1,500 historic bottles, served as the starting point for a discussion on the ageing potential of wines from the region.
A chronicle of the first stage of the Portugal de Lés-a-Lés Classic motorcycle rally, covering the route from Lamego to São Pedro do Sul.
Ceremonies scheduled for Tabuaço have been cancelled and the process for the repatriation of the body will now begin.
The Rally de Portugal will relocate its main base to Viseu starting in 2027, concluding its long-standing tenure in Matosinhos.
Two students were taken to Viseu Hospital.
The intermunicipal community of Viseu Dão Lafões engages in strategic networking with investors during the 'Portugal Nação Global' event.
With the public tender, the municipality aims to acquire housing for integration into the municipal housing stock and allocation under the affordable rental scheme. Properties had to meet several requirements.
Mangualde firefighters assisted the victims. Two students were taken to Viseu Hospital.
A school bus crashed in Mangualde, resulting in injuries among the students. Reporter Tânia Rei provides further details.
Two students were transported to Viseu Hospital today with minor injuries following a school bus crash, the deputy commander of the Mangualde Volunteer Fire Department told the Lusa agency.
The bus was carrying five students, aged between 12 and 16, and the driver. They were treated at the scene, and two of them were subsequently transported to Viseu Hospital.
Mangualde firefighters assisted the victims. Two students were taken to Viseu Hospital.
What is the “black pottery” of Molelos, which despite being “centuries-old” is not at risk of disappearing? And how is black clay made in the 21st century? The answer lies in the Terras de Besteiros Museum.
The municipality of Santa Comba Dão showcases its tourism development plan for the Senhora da Ribeira area during the Portugal Global Nation Forum.
The family claims to be in constant contact with the City Council to provide transport for the elderly to the day centre and for rehabilitation, without having received a response yet.
Portugal is getting ready to hold a major European Civil Protection drill involving more than 700 operational staff.
The 20th century brought the industrial revolution to Tondela. It had the help of Tomás Ribeiro and the Dão railway line (which passes through a village). Today it is an ecotrail, but it once transported “goods and ideas”.
After investing in rural tourism in Mondim da Beira, the founder of Banco Comercial Português (BCP) Jardim Gonçalves is now preparing to internationalise his Infinitude wines and win over consumers in the United States, Canada, and Honduras. With a consolidated position in the domestic market and a turnover of 150,000 euros in 2025, the brand is expected to...
The former house of priest Alexandre Marques do Vale is today the building of the Terras de Besteiros Museum: the Solar de Sant’Ana. The story of the priest who returned with a mission - which ended up lasting for centuries.
Last year, 40 hectares of pine and eucalyptus burned on common land in Cepões and Maeiras, in Viseu. Today, local school children planted cork oaks, donated by a company from Ovar, to create firebreaks and generate future income.
Crossbowmen are a trademark of the Tondela municipality. It is a “living memory” in the region and at the Terras de Besteiros Museum. What does the legend, more or less reliable, involving the Portuguese kings say?
Teivas belonged to the Romans, before the Goths, Arabs, and us Christians. Its Cavalhadas, inspired by the Saint John festivities in Brazil, include an allegorical procession and culminate in the Morgadinha Dance.
A Judicial Police investigation was opened a month ago after the market appearance of a small portion of the 278 seized works raised suspicions. A septuagenarian from Penalva do Castelo was found selling them.
The cook's family does not have the funds to return her body to Brazil. The repatriation costs seven thousand euros.
Now everything is his, but Judite disagrees, so the butler has been named a formal suspect and the paintings are under the custody of the courts.
Few neighbours knew what he did, only that he was the employer of another local man. When he died, the house passed to the butler, who was caught while trying to sell works of art to France.
Almost 300 works, valued at millions of euros, were seized by the Judicial Police.
Nearly 300 works, valued at millions of euros, seized by the Judiciary Police.
The Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, argued today that the State must 'get out of the way' of companies so they can innovate, stating that the State's role is to create conditions rather than burden them with taxes and regulations that stifle innovation.
