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Modern history ................................ From San Neutel the republicans resisted the monarchist
movement led by Paiva Couceiro. The heroes of Chaves defended the republic
of all their forces and thus put an end to the monarchist adventure of
the North. Since then, Chaves became a bastion of the new politics and
democratic and republican ideals. The Socialists dominated the government in the late Nineties but the recent government is PSD. One feels that people vote more for the person and less for the party. The leftist Bloco de Esquerda has gained recent support, especially among the young, and more educated. |
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Nowadays, Chaves is rooted in its past but resolutely turned towards the future. By the end of the twentieth century, a new city started to grow, solid, elegant, and proud of its glorious last. Liceu, built on the old convent of the Sociedade Flaviense, is part of a city which discovered and which cherishes its cultural roots, and often fights against the established powers. |
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Culture ............... The theatre of the street Correio Velho received
large troops of opera, the Spanish zarzuela, and plays by the largest
companies of the beginning of the 20th century, time of its greater glory. |
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The park ................ The park is also a proof of these glorious
years, when the parallel market flowered, transforming the area into a
paradise for smugglers. |
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Contacts .............. Tourist office of Chaves Terreio de Cavalaria - 5400 Chaves
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