Montemorian (Nuno de Montemor) Literary Itinerary

He was a Catholic fiction writer, poet, dramaturg and journalist. As a child, he was left to the care of his grandfather and uncles in Pega, where he finished elementary school, which he had started in Carvalhal Meão. He was sent by his father to the ecclesiastical world and studied at the Guarda Seminary. He was consecrated a priest on 17-12-1904. He served as parish priest at Bendada and Almeida. In 1917, he decided on a military career as a chaplain in the 12th Infantry Regiment of Guarda. He lived mostly in the city of Guarda, visiting the capital to accompany and promote his literary work. He played an important role in welfare initiatives, such as founding the Lactário, an institution for pre-school children. Alongside his army career, he never stopped celebrating the Holy Eucharist. He joined the reserve in 1937, in the rank of captain, to which he had been promoted on 11-03-1922. He held the post of secretary of the Guard's Recruitment and Reserve District until he retired on December 16, 1951, moving shortly afterwards to Avenida Visconde Valmor in Lisbon. Discover the essential stop-off places on this literary tour of Guarda:1. Seminário da Guarda (Seminar); 2. Largo Frei Pedro da Guarda (square); 3. Jardim José de Lemos (garden); 4. Convento de São Francisco (Convent)/ Regimento de Infantaria 12 (Infantry Regiment) ; 5. Rua Batalha Reis, n.º 39 ( street - the house where Montemor lived); 6. Rua Soeiro Viegas, formerly Rua do Asilo (street); 7. Cemetery ( the old); 8. Cathedral; 9. Igreja da Misericórdia (church); 10. Colyseu da Beira, the concert hall in Rua Vasco da Gama (1911-1944); 11. Lactário Dr. Proença (institution for pre-school children); 12. Avenida Nuno de Montemor (avenue) ; 13. Rotunda do G (G Roundabout - homage to Nuno de Montemor).