page_title: Mira, Portugal
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mira, Portugal / History
context_page_description: Mira is a municipality in the central Portuguese district of Coimbra. A coastal municipality, known for its beaches, forests, and agriculture, the population was 12,465 inhabitants in an area of approximately 124.03 square kilometres.
context_section_description: In 1442, the regent Peter, Duke of Coimbra, conceded administrative autonomy to the town of Mira.
  Concession of its first Foral (charter) occurred almost a century later, during the reign of King D. Manuel I. At that time, on 28 August 1514, the king bestowed to Gonçalo Tavares, the first seigneur of Mira, privileges to develop the region.
  In 1644, by royal concession, King D. John IV of Portugal transfer donatário title to the Casa da Rainha referring to the older concession, bestowed further rights to his successor, Manuel de Sousa Tavares (from the 1758 Memórias Paroquiais).
  Mira was integrated in to the bishopric and comarca of Coimbra in 1758.
caption: A drawing showing the economic life of Praia de Mira
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