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OLIVEIRA (Francisco Xavier de Ataíde). MONOGRAFIA de Porches: Concelho de Lagoa. Porto. 1912. - OLIVEIRA (Francisco Xavier de Ataíde) MONOGRAFIA de Porches: Concelho de Lagoa . Porto: Tipografia Universal, 1912. 192 pp., 9 est.: il.; 235 mm. It is part of the extensive series of municipal and parish monographs of the Algarve that Ataíde Oliveira published between 1905 and 1914, a pioneering work of regional historiography and ethnography that successively focused on Algoz, Loulé, Olhão, Alvor, Vila Real de Santo António and other Algarve towns. Dedicated to the parish of Porches, in the municipality of Lagoa, the work brings together, according to the author's characteristic style, data on local history, geography, toponymy, traditions and popular customs, illustrated with nine plates. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate