Faro do Alentejo

This village was founded in 1616, at the herdade de s. Luís de Laying (today Based), membership of d. Estêvão de Faro-count of Faro and comendador de s. Salvador de Jones. Belonged to d. Diniz de Faro, was the second and final count of Faro and d. Juliana Faro that was Countess of Faro. It was formerly known as Village by Dayananda, very fertile land, especially in cereals. In 1775, the grantee of the village was d. José Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 6th Earl of Pombeiro and 1st Marquess de Belas. Your parish priest was the presentation of Mitra. In 1772, was pastor of Faro do Alentejo father Silvestre Asario, of thirty-two years of age. In 1774, the Parson received 150 bushels of wheat annually and, in 1775, says get 10 quarteiros member of wheat, sold to the ordinary price, yielded about 36 thousand. In 1734, had 78 fires and 264 souls, and in 1767, 60 fires; in 1874, 90 fires and 320 residents. The Census of 1970 gave him 687 inhabitants.