page_title: Trancoso, Portugal
hierarchical_section_title: Trancoso, Portugal
caption_attribution_description: Trancoso - Portugal
context_page_description: Trancoso is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 9,878, in an area of 361.52 km². The city population is about 3.000.
  The municipality is located in the District of Guarda, Region Centro, sub-region Beira Interior Norte.
  The present Mayor is Amilcar Salvador. The municipal holiday is May 29. Principal monument: Castle of Trancoso. The municipality is served by the Vila Franca das Naves train station on the Beira Alta line from Pampilhosa to the Spanish border.
  Trancoso is well known as the place where the 16th-century poet and shoemaker António Gonçalves de Bandarra lived and made his prophetic texts. A statue of him was erected in front of the city hall.
  Trancoso is also the birthplace of Isaac Cardoso, born in 1603 or 1604. He was a renowned Jewish author, philosopher, and physicist. Cardoso died in Verona in 1683. His parents were members of the extensive Marrano community in Trancoso that left behind 300 Hebrew inscriptions. 700 Trancoso Jews were persecuted during the Inquisition.
context_section_description: Trancoso (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɾɐ̃ˈkozu] (listen)) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 9,878, in an area of 361.52 km². The city (cidade) population is about 3.000.
  The municipality is located in the District of Guarda, Region Centro, sub-region Beira Interior Norte.
  The present Mayor is Amilcar Salvador. The municipal holiday is May 29. Principal monument: Castle of Trancoso. The municipality is served by the Vila Franca das Naves train station on the Beira Alta line from Pampilhosa to the Spanish border.
  Trancoso is well known as the place where the 16th-century poet and shoemaker António Gonçalves de Bandarra lived and made his prophetic texts. A statue of him was erected in front of the city hall. 
  Trancoso is also the birthplace of Isaac Cardoso, born in 1603 or 1604. He was a renowned Jewish author, philosopher, and physicist. Cardoso died in Verona in 1683. His parents were members of the extensive Marrano community in Trancoso that left behind 300 Hebrew inscriptions. 700 Trancoso Jews were persecuted during the Inquisition.
caption: A panorama of Trancoso, Portugal
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