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Aveleda is a former civil parish in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Aveleda e Rio de Onor. The population in 2011 was 196,〔(Instituto Nacional de Estatística )〕 in an area of 62.20 km².〔(Eurostat )〕 It is situated close to the northern border with Spain. ==History== The parish of Aveleda derives its name from the village, whose toponymy has a number of significances. For one, there is the Roman interpretation, derived from the Roman ''Avé Leda'', which means ''beautiful place'', while others assume that the name was derived from ''Veleda'', a venerated Visigothic or Subic priest of the 4th century.〔 Another interpretation suggests that the name was derived from ''ave feliz''.〔 What is certain, is that this name only appeared during the 1250 ''Inquirições'' of Afonso III. This is because the area around Aveleda was under the protection of Spanish monasteries of Moreirola and San Martin de Castanheda.〔 It was there that the celebrated ''Abbott of Baçal'' was parish priest (between 1896 and 1910), always travelling by foot and complying a dossier of his thoughts in ''Memórias Arqueológico: Históricas do Distrito de Bragança'', a twelve-tome work detailing the municipal history.〔 In this case, he referred specifically to the village of Varge (on the southern perimeter of Aveleda), which was derived from ''varzena'' or ''varcena'', a medieval term to designate artificial or natural low wetlands.〔 The wells in this area are also referred to by the local peoples as ''varja'' or ''varjas'', literally ''fish traps''.〔〔Francisco Manuel Alves (2000), p.166〕 The Matriz Church, on a slight elevation, dates back to the 18th century.〔 The bridge that crosses the Pepim River in Aveleda, constructed on stone, was completed in 1952. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aveleda (Bragança)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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