The village of Paderne, in the municipality of Albufeira, was chosen yesterday as one of the finalists in the contest “Maravilhas de Portugal Aldeias” and will dispute the victory in the category of “Rural Villages” with Sistelo (Arcos de Valdevez). And so, sports commentator Fernando Correia, godfather of Paderne in this contest, and that yesterday was his birthday, he got a much awaited birthday gift.
This Sunday, July 16th, the Algarve hosted the second gala of “Aldeias Maravilhas”, broadcast by RTP, and which had Catarina Furtado and José Carlos Malato as presenters.
In the Rural Village category, another Algarve town, Cachopo, in the municipality of Tavira, as well as Alegrete (Portalegre), Casal de S.Simão (Figueiró dos Vinhos), Faial (Madeira) and Manhouce (São Pedro do Sul) ).
Paderne was one of the two villages most voted for by the Portuguese, in a telephone vote, which began at 11:00 am and followed all the programming of the public television channel dedicated to the «7 Wonders of Portugal – Villages». The other – and the first to be announced – was Sistelo. Interestingly, both groups, despite coming from lands separated by hundreds of kilometers, had green T-shirts, very similar.
At the end of the program, when Paderne's name was announced as the second winner of the night, there was a veritable invasion of the stage by promoters, godfather and Algarvian cheering. In such a way that Catarina Furtado commented that it seemed that “the whole village had gone onto the stage”.
The next gala will take place in Azenhas do Mar (Sintra), on the 23rd, with Aldeias de Mar (where Ferragudo is applying, in the municipality of Lagoa).
The gala of Aldeias Remotas is scheduled for the 30th, in Branda da Aveleira (Melgaço), and the one of Aldeias Autênticas takes place in Podence (Macedo de Cavaleiros), on the 6th of August. In this last category, Alte (Loulé) is the candidate Algarvian village.
Monsanto (Idanha-a-Nova) receives the Gala of Aldeias Monumento (where Estoi is nominated, Faro), on 13 August, and Porto Martins, on Terceira Island (Azores), the gala of Villages in Protected Areas (which has Bordeira, Aljezur, as a candidate), on 20 August.
On August 27th, RTP broadcasts a program dedicated to the 14 villages counted, followed by a week of voting. It is in Piódão (Arganil), on September 3rd, that the chosen ones will be known, at the final gala.
See (or review) here the Gala das Aldeias Rurales, in Paderne (Albufeira)
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