Mangas (Manuel Júlio Tôrres)
Manuel Júlio Tôrres Mangas, born in Funchal in 1835, public official and journalist, son of the civil governor at the time of the 1847 revolt, and author of a biography of Almeida Garrett.
He is the son of Colonel Manuel Júlio Torres Mangas, who was civil governor and military commander of Madeira at the time of the revolutionary movement that broke out in this city on the morning of 29 April 1847, proclaiming the principles of the Junta of Porto (see Governing board). Of Manuel Júlio Torres Mangas the younger we know only what Brito Aranha tells us in vol. XVI of the Diccionario Bibliographico. He was born in Funchal in 1835 and held various public offices on the mainland and overseas. He was a journalist and contributed to the Jornal do Porto, Verdade, Ecco Popular, Nacional, Alemtejano and Jardim Literario. He wrote a pamphlet entitled Vida do Visconde de Almeida Garrett, principe dos poetas no século XIX.
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Manuel Júlio Tôrres Mangas was born in Funchal.
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Linked to the Maria da Fonte movement, Infantry no. 11 and Artillery no. 4 with the Funchal council pronounced for the Junta do Porto and installed a Junta Governativa da Madeira, with António Correia Herédia as secretary, which ruled until 14 July 1847.
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- Funchal
Birthplace of the subject and scene of the 1847 revolt.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
People
People mentioned · 03- Manuel Júlio Tôrres Mangasb. 1835
Funchal-born journalist and public official who wrote a life of the Visconde de Almeida Garrett.
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Portuguese poet, subject of a booklet written by Mangas.
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Bibliographer whose Diccionario Bibliographico is the source of information on the subject.