08 . 01 . 2020
Literary Vocation
Póvoa de Varzim – in harmony with its literary vocation and its continuous public policy of promoting reading – shares the principles of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network - UCCN, expressing interest in intensifying the positioning of creativity as a strategic factor for its sustainable development.
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Multiculture Heritage
Póvoa de Varzim has fishing, farmworkers, bourgeois and multicultural roots.
Is an Atlantic city historically connected with the world by sea, and with Europe by the Route of Santiago de Compostela. A European Cultural Itinerary since 1987, the different paths of the Route of Santiago de Compostela have lead pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.
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Is an Atlantic city historically connected with the world by sea, and with Europe by the Route of Santiago de Compostela. A European Cultural Itinerary since 1987, the different paths of the Route of Santiago de Compostela have lead pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.
TWO DECADES OF LITERARY FESTIVALS
The city's linguistic and literary heritage includes major figures of national literature, such as Eça de Queirós, an author translated into about 20 languages. This legacy feeds current creative production and the affirmation of Póvoa as a cultural and creative city. Proof of this is the Correntes d'Escritas Literary Festival, the country's most relevant literary festival, which has been bringing together the Iberian-language literary sector of Portugal, Spain, Africa and South America for the last 20 years.
Future Projects
Projecting a prosperous future for the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim is founded on an understanding of its cultural, strategic and political path.
Our mission is to position Póvoa as the locus of Literature in the Metropolitan Area of Porto, stimulating a joint and concerted project of sustainable development, based on its pulsating vocations in the various fields of creativity.
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Our mission is to position Póvoa as the locus of Literature in the Metropolitan Area of Porto, stimulating a joint and concerted project of sustainable development, based on its pulsating vocations in the various fields of creativity.
Testimonials
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Guilherme D'Oliveira Martins
Presidente do Grande Conselho do Centro Nacional de Cultura
News
01 . 10 . 2019
Póvoa de Varzim, Cidade Criativa – Literatura já tem sítio eletrónico
16 . 08 . 2019
Até já Feira do Livro!
08 . 08 . 2019
Instabilidade climatérica altera programação de verão
07 . 08 . 2019
Feira do Livro: Alterações de datas
05 . 08 . 2019
Prémio Literário Casino da Póvoa: regulamento disponível
31 . 07 . 2019
Feira do Livro com livros e programa de animação para todos os gostos
29 . 07 . 2019
Convidativa e animada, Feira do Livro aguarda a sua visita
23 . 07 . 2019
Póvoa de Varzim conVida a verão repleto de animação
18 . 07 . 2019
Feira do Livro com animação para todos os públicos
10 . 07 . 2019
Póvoa convida a verão de arromba
24 . 06 . 2019
Apresentada obra premiada no Correntes d´Escritas 2019
12 . 06 . 2019
Apresentação de Toda a água que nos une, de Ana Paula Mateus
23 . 04 . 2019
Manuela Ribeiro distinguida com o grau de Comendador da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique
08 . 03 . 2019
Assembleia da República atribui Voto de Louvor ao Correntes d'Escritas
25 . 02 . 2019