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Neighborhood Attractions In Bussaco

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The Battle of Buçaco or Bussaco, fought on 27 September 1810 during the Peninsular War in the Portuguese mountain range of Serra do Buçaco, resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army.Having occupied the heights of Bussaco with 25,000 British and the same number of Portuguese, Wellington was attacked five times successively by 65,000 French under Marshal André Masséna. Masséna was uncertain as to the disposition and strength of the opposing forces because Wellington deployed them on the reverse slope of the ridge, where they could neither be easily seen nor easily softened up with artillery. The actual assaul...
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  • 1. Historic Village of Monsanto Monsanto
    The Historic villages of Portugal are a group of 12 villages classified under a 1991 government program called The Historic Villages Program . The aim of the program was to restore and promote a series of ancient villages/human settlements important to the history of Portugal. Starting in 1991 the government included 10 villages located in the Beira Interior in the Historic Villages program: Almeida Castelo Mendo Castelo Novo Castelo Rodrigo Idanha-a-Velha Linhares da Beira Marialva Monsanto Piódão SortelhaAn additional 2 villages were added to the program in 2003: Belmonte Trancoso
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