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Arraiolos
Arraiolos ((:ɐʁɐˈjɔluʃ)) is a municipality in Évora District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,363,〔(Instituto Nacional de Estatística )〕 in an area of 683.75 km².〔(Direção-Geral do Território )〕 The town of Arraiolos has 3,351 inhabitants. The present Mayor is Silvia Pinto, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition.
The town is famous for the castel and,embroidered wool rugs and carpets. Arraiolos rugs have been made since the Middle Ages.〔Fleming, John & Hugh Honour. (1977) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. '' London: Allen Lane, p. 35. ISBN 0713909412〕
In October 2003, Jorge Sampaio, then the President of Portugal, invited the Presidents of Finland, Germany, as well as of soon-to-be EU members Hungary, Latvia and Poland to Arraiolos in order to discuss the consequences of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and plans for a Constitution for Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/news/Newsletters/CurrentLatvia/2003/okt/4116/ )〕 Subsequent meetings of non-executive presidents of European Union member states have been dubbed ''Arraiolos meetings''.
==History==
A hoard of prehistoric objects, including a trapezoid-shaped plaque with geometric design and three pottery vessels, was excavated from a tumulus or barrow in Arraiolos at the beginning of the twentieth century. They are now kept at the British Museum.〔British Museum Collection ()〕
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