History:
Pousada de Santa Cristina
Pousada was from Almadas Family and was building in XVI century. From many years receive people from European nobleness. In the first half of XIX century was transformed in an inn, posterior was an orphanage to poor Childs and asylum for old age without home. This Palace was completely reconstructed, has been transformed in a beautiful Pousada.
Santa Cristina, which name was given to the Pousada, was a young roman girl of the outskirts of Bolsano, in the Toscânia, that after being baptized, refused to sacrifice herself to a statue of Apolo and to distribute gifts to the poor people.
The popularity of Cristina Saint comes form the geographical situation of Bolsano, of which she was patroness and where was situated a peregrination route. The peregrines, going to the "perpetual city", would not forget to stop in Bolsano to pray in its tomb.
In Condeixa, people pray for her since D.Manuel I dedicated the church construction, in 1502, Santa Cristina. The day chosen in her dedication was the 24 of July, based on the liturgical calendar, being it a municipal holiday.
Condeixa-a-Nova:
The Condeixa-a-Nova Village is situated in the coastal band of the central region of the country, being 192km away form the north of Lisbon, 120km from the south of Porto and 12km from Coimbra, the main city of the central region.
It belongs to the province of the Coastal Side, to the district of Coimbra. Condeixa-a-Nova reached its administrative emancipation in middle of séc. XIX, with the Letter of Law of D. Maria II, published in 17th of April 1838.
This council was constituted of 9 cities: Anobra, Belide, Bendafé, Condeixa-a-Nova, Condeixa-a-Velha, Ega, Furadouro, Sebal and Dry Village. Rodrigo Fonseca Magalhães was the responsible for the emancipation of the village.
In 6th of March 1852, the council of Rabaçal was extincted, passing to the council of Condeixa the following cities: Alvorge, Rabaçal and Zambujal.
The Council currently called Condeixa-a-Nova occupies a total area of 135 km2 and possesses a population of 15340 inhabitants (Censuses 2001).
Some of the populations are situated in the heart of the mountain. Agricultural is the most important activity and source of income for the habitants of this council. More recently, and due to excellent geographic localization, the implantation of industrial units has been accented.