preëminence of Fundão by founding the Royal Factories (today known as the City Hall). These efforts allowed a measure of revival to the wool industries of the city, and cloth was again exported to northern Europe. The city decayed again after its sack during the defeated Napoleonic French invasions of Portugal, and the subsequent Civil War between supporters of the Liberal Constitutionalist D. Pedro and his brother Conservative Absolutist D. Miguel, who were competing for the throne. The film festival IMAGO – Young Film and Video Festival was organized in Fundão from 1999 to 2009. Climate Fundão has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with cool, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 23 civil parishes (freguesias): Alcaide Alcaria Alcongosta Alpedrinha Barroca Bogas de Cima Capinha Castelejo Castelo Novo Enxames Fatela Fundão, Valverde, Donas, Aldeia de Joanes e Aldeia Nova do Cabo Janeiro de Cima e Bogas de Baixo Lavacolhos Orca Pêro Viseu Póvoa de Atalaia e Atalaia do Campo Silvares Soalheira Souto da Casa Telhado Três Povos Vale de Prazeres e Mata da Rainha Economy The town is an important local center of industry and services. Around it lies some of the most fertile land in the region, in a large valley (Cova da Beira) between the Gardunha and Estrela ranges, where the Zêzere River starts its way towards the Tagus. The most significant productions are cherries, peaches, olive oil, wine, wood pulp and vegetables. Some of the most important wolframite mines in the world (a mineral source for the element tungsten) are explored within its municipal limits. Other important mines extract lead and tin. The Panasqueira is the generic name for a set of mining operations between Cabeço do Pião in Fundão Municipality and the village of Panasqueira in the neighboring municipality of Covilhã, which operated in a technically integrated manner and continue practically since its discovery. High quality mineral water is also bottled from several sources in the municipality of Fundão. The Cavleiro tree is a common trade item from this region. It is used in everyday products such as wooden dolls, shoes and bedposts. Notable people Jorge da Costa (1406 in Alpedrinha – 1508) a cardinal, often called the Cardinal of Alpedrinha Antonio Fernandez Carvajal (ca.1590 – 1659) a Portuguese-Jewish merchant, the first endenizened English Jew. José da Cunha Taborda (1766-1836) a Portuguese painter and architect. João Franco (1855 in Alcaide