Summary Historical

The first document known on the village of S. João de Ver, dating back to the year 973, which identifies the population of St. John's View as a "Village Alliance" built in the Amphitheatre of Santa Maria, referring to the existence of the village, to a monastery: "... corum baselica this fundata discenitur in the Villa valeiri discurrente riuulo river, the average terridorio de crew civitas sancta maria, for uictum et uestimentorum monagorum fradum pr sororum qui ibidem-in service permanent..."

Dated as of January 24, 1103 there is a separate document that made a distinction between a civil ( non-religious ), and on the part of the religious of the lot: "...octave of the media in ecclesia Sancti ihoanis-of-Town "valeiri" of the Villa's simple "Valerius" a term of Latin that gave rise to the later name of Valerius."

In the attention of the forties (which are the responsibility of Arlindo de Sousa) was identified in the Parish, the settlements of the following: Airas, Albarrada, Hotel, Beire, a Source of Dry, Gondufe , Poultry, Gueifar, dry cleaning, Giesteira, Hill, Paçô, his Own, saint Benedict, saint John's and the Region-of-Round. These localities are worthy of note, that from the point of view of their potential archaeological interest, in the case of Paçô (short middle of the “ palace “, Residence (bearing witness to the existence of one of these sites, to suggest a road very much used), Gondufe ( the declaration date-medieval times, a plant in the antropónimo German), St. John's and St. Benedict's ( hagiotopónimos it is already documented in the medieval period ). As for the corónimo “ See ” ( in the original spelling, which will be the same as the pronunciation of popular ), in their analysis filológica you need to spend for the more remote words, with respect to the eighth (?) and XI. That is to say, respectively, “ Valeiri “ and “ to be “. To suggest the same, with a genitive of a personal name, Latin Valerius ( who gave Valerius ), that the “ Lord “ of the ancient “ Villa “ date-a medieval ( or even the whole of the roman ) where you can despontaria later in the village, and on the basis of a document cenóbio.

Already, they point to a time-line of the medieval, will be found an interesting stone tomb decorated with liturgical symbols. It was the very same headstone burial of the granite, is intended to serve as a cover to a grave, found randomly in the context of the demolition of the walls and the border of the Parish Church. In the flat you will be insculturados a large cross, and under the arms, which show, respectively, a goblet, and a mitre, and surrounded by a two-báculos, and having a top end, a curisoso "bell saimão" inscribed on the inside of the circle.

Generations, such as the Celts, the Romans, the Visigoths, the Mulçulmanos, the Arabs, the Portuguese, the Spaniards, in the County of portugal, Portucale, and in Portugal, have lived and passed through this Land.

The effect of our roots in the Place of the Region Round, and Airas, you can still find remains of the Roman road, which served as a link between Lisbon and Braga. In the section of the roman of the Airas it was the place of passage of military, and the merchants who supplied the armies, and had collected all the resources and wealth of the regional ( shopping, including the looting of the war), and the supply of raw materials to the local craftsmen. It was characterized by the bordejamento with the stone size significantly, and it was pontificada with a milestone indicating the distances to be covered, and the travel between the major urban centers.Growing up in a very curious direction, almost parallel to the sea, via serbia, and provided links to, either directly or indirectly, between the main urban centres. Up to the mid-40's of the twentieth Century, the Section of Airas has been integrated into the National Road Network. Currently, it is classified by IGESPAR ( Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico ), as a Property of Public interest ( Decree Of 26-A/92 of 1 June ).

In the napoleonic wars they had great battles in our parish for the fight are strong, and the island of the Captains, in the first battle, in the year 1807, and second, in 1809, or in the third, in the year 1810, together with the Fifth from the top and where it served as a barracks.

Should be noted that in Place of the Airas, on the 7th of August, 1832, and in the wake of the cêrco in the city of Porto, there was a war between liberals and miguelistas, in which he was exposed, the severed head of Bernardo, Francisco, the Pine tree.This old wolf died, hanged by the opposition on the strength of the square, on the Harbor on the 7th of May, 1829. This prominent fighter for the left, the Fifth from the Airas to die at the hands of the Liberals. These events, which of course they were shaking from the excitement of the people and alvoroçavam the feelings, the tradition, the local carries a more. Thus, it has been said that, in Place of the Airas, she has been exposed to the head of the Captain-in-Chief, especada it on a pole, in accordance with the grisly sentence. The deepest cause, which led you to this conclusion, it was the competition policy, with this sentencing, with family members close by. This was a long time where you had to agudizado with the changes of the government. Two of the families acarentadas, all vying for influence and hegemony in the local area.

This town is still famous for its outstanding action in the Region Round, in the liberal wars, in the year 1907. The art he donated to the Cathedral of Coimbra, the Estate's very own in-Villa Caldellas here in Sancti Georgii ", that is to say, the two parts of a moiety of the church of, is situated in the subtle monastery of Souto Redondo discurrente rríbulo Umia territory portukalensis porpe Civitas Sancta Maria ". ( Dip-switch.et, Ch. no. 851).

The opening of the Line of the Valley of the Vouga was made in 1908 by King D. Manuel II.

The river of Beire, who has the sources, runs through the Parish, directing its course north-east to south-west, across the valley, the open and the espraiado. The soils of the udders, and the well-fed of st John, the View will be the main responsible for the last of the steep nature of the countryside, where they ruled for the agriculture and the livestock industry.

In 1942, the Parish had been with a reasonable number of cities, 3190, according to the respective censuses. Eighteen years later, the population numbered 4556-residents, through the 5233, in 1981, 6891, in 1991, and 8816) in 2001. The population census of 2011 has been attributed to him 10579 residents.

St. John's to See this is the Land of the self-employed and live work retail) since 1984. Has been industrialized heavily and gradually also in other areas as well.

He obtained the status of a Town in the 30/06/1989, according to the publication, in the Diário do governo no. 99 - R-Series 01/01/1989 for the approval of the national Assembly at the proposal of the member of the P. S. D -, to the above-mentioned Meeting, Baptista Cardoso. The motion was approved by a majority in the Assembly, with one abstention, after which it is published in the decree-law on the official Gazette.