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List of Best Things to do in Estremoz, Portugal
Castelo da Rainha Santa Isabel
Tiago Cabaco Wines
Joao Portugal Ramos Wines
Herdade Das Servas
Centro Ciencia Viva de Estremoz
Mother Church of Sta Maria
Port of Santo Antonio (2nd line of Fortifications - Sec. XVII) (Estremoz)
Port of Santarem (Estremoz)
Professor Joaquim Vermelho Municipal Museum
Pacos medievais do Concelho (Estremoz)
Alentejo Tour 1 Portugal
A tour along plains of the Alentejo region of Évora. Monsaraz, Mourão, Redondo, Montemor-o-novo, Terena, Vila Viçosa, Alandroal, Evoramonte e Juromenha.
Monsaraz:
The medieval village of Monsaraz, retains its magic of yesteryear as few places in the world. Made of lime and shale, this place suspended in time, is one of the oldest settlements in Portugal and a mandatory destination in its list of places to visit in Alentejo.
A tour around Monsaraz. Xerez, Orada, Corval, Valentine Rock and the Monsaraz River Beach:
* Cromeleque do Xerez *
The Xerez's cromlech was erected between the beginning of the 4th and the mid-3rd millennium BC.
* Convento da Orada: *
Implanted in the middle of the plain, north of the town of Monsaraz and near the place of Ferragudo, the Convent of the Orada stands out for its size and whiteness in a sparsely wooded area.
* Fluvial Beach of Monsaraz: *
The Fluvial Beach of Monsaraz, situated in the Nautical Center of Monsaraz, in an inland zone far from the sea, is the first fluvial beach of the Alqueva reservoir.
* São Pedro do Corval: *
The tradition of pottery in São Pedro do Corval goes back to prehistoric times, due to the existence of deposits of clays, which have always motivated this activity.
* Menir da Rocha dos Namorados: *
It is a menir consisting of a block of natural granite, more than two meters high, which has a shape similar to that of a mushroom or a uterus.
Mourão:
Mourão is a beautiful village in the Alentejo, on the left bank of the immense Guadiana River, near the border with Spain, in a place of great natural beauty.
Redondo:
Redondo is known for its wines of undoubted quality, resulting from the best grape varieties in the region and highly appreciated by visitors. To accompany a beautiful wine, an appetizing meal of the varied gastronomy of Alentejo. The food is served in earthenware, made in this land, not only of wine but also of clay and potters.
Montemor-o-Novo:
Calm and quiet region but with an important place in national history. Here D. Manuel I decided to have the sea route discovered for India. It was also an important stage of battles with a great capacity of resistance.
Alandroal:
Alandroal is a Portuguese town in the district of Évora, which is located on a hill 341m above sea level. It is located next to Spain being limited to the north by the municipality of Vila Viçosa, to the west by the Redondo, and to the south by Reguengos and Mourão.
Alandroal was founded in 1298 by D. Lourenço Afonso, Master of Avis, and elevated to the category of town in 1486, by a letter of Foral attributed by D. João II. To the municipality of Alandroal were annexed during century XIX, the territories of the old municipalities of Terena and Juromenha. The village of Vila Real (Villareal), a village on the Alqueva river, belonging to Olivença (under the Spanish administration) was a town of the old town hall of Juromenha.
The name of Alandroal is because in this municipality grow aloendros, whose wood is used in the local crafts. Also highlighted are the works made in cork, leather and horn.
Terena:
Terena, also known as São Pedro or São Pedro de Terena, is a beautiful Alentejo village, belonging to the municipality of Alandroal, situated in a beautiful region where peace of mind reigns supreme, near the Ribeira and the Lucifécit Dam, and the border with Spain.
Vila Viçosa:
Vila Viçosa is known as the Princess of the Alentejo. Although small, it is one of the most precious and charming jewels of the Alentejo, a village-museum.
Evoramonte:
Dominating the Alentejo plain, at the top of a hill with 481 meters of altitude, there is the Castle of Evoramonte, a town that was distinguished in the history of contemporary Portugal because the Convention was signed there on May 26, 1834, reestablished Peace in Portugal, after several years of bloody civil war between liberals and absolutists.
Juromenha:
The first references to the site of Juromenha date from the second half of the ninth century. For more than two hundred years this place was considered the stronghold of defense of the zone of Badajoz, belonging from century X to Caliphate of Cordova.
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Why not enjoy a day's holiday inland? If you climb to the highest point in the walled village of Marvão or Castelo de Vide, you'll be rewarded with a magnificent view. Then come down to the banks of the River Tagus and watch the sun set over Belver castle. It's the perfect end to a day of romance. visitportugal.com
Evoramonte Alentejo Portugal HD
Dominating the Alentejo plain, at the top of a hill with 481 meters of altitude, there is the Castle of Evoramonte, a town that was distinguished in the history of contemporary Portugal because the Convention was signed there on May 26, 1834, reestablished Peace in Portugal, after several years of bloody civil war between liberals and absolutists.
About your foundation little is known. Probably it was conquered to the Moors by D. Afonso Henriques, in 1166, but there are no reliable sources that can confirm it.
The first mention of Evoramonte arose in the year 1248, when D. Afonso III granted him Charter of Foral, later corroborated and extended in 1271, with the purpose of populating the village.
In 1306, with the aim of protecting the town and its inhabitants, D. Dinis ordered the construction of the medieval walls, which still remain today and maintain their four arched doors from the time of the foundation.
D. Nuno Alvares Pereira receives the village by donation in 1385 and cedes it, in 1461, to his grandson D. Fernando, making it the property of the Duchy of Bragança.
15 of December of 1516 D. Manuel I grants to the town the Charter of Foral of New Reading, confirming the Term Evoramontense.
In February 1531 the village was shaken by a violent earthquake that almost completely destroyed its medieval structures.
To assert the power of the House of Braganza at the time, D. Jaime I and D. Teodósio I had the walls reinforced with cylindrical ramparts and erected the imposing Tower / Paço Ducal, just after the earthquake.
The Tower is a unique example of the transition military architecture, the final Manueline, with no precedent or precedent in Portugal, and which served essentially as the hunting residence of the Dukes of Bragança. Its dominant and scenic position in the middle of the plain fulfills in its entirety the purpose of its construction: to affirm the House of Bragança as the second most powerful of the Kingdom and giving meaning to the maxim After You, We, that is, after of the King, the House of Bragança. This particularity is strongly present in the design of the building, through the Nodes that involve the same and which are a symbol of the Bragantina heraldry, adopted by the architects responsible for its authors, brothers Francisco and Diogo de Arruda.
The Evoramonte Convention was signed at the house of Joaquim António Sarmago, President of the Chamber at the time, and confirmed the victory of the Liberals, followers of D. Pedro IV, under the absolutists, followers of D. Miguel. This war between siblings would thus end in a modest house in the Rua Direita of this town, where the Dukes of Terceira and Saldanha, by the liberals, and General Joaquim Azevedo e Lemos, absolutist chief, signed the Convention, which resulted in the exile of D. Miguel for Austria and in the triumph of Liberalism in Portugal.
Praia de Mira and Barrinha lagoon aerial view
Originally a fishing village, Praia da Mira has become an increasingly popular holiday destination. Fishing continues to be the main activity here, using the traditional, brightly coloured boats with their long, curved bows, although tractors have now replaced the ox that were originally used for pulling in the nets. A few examples still remain of the typical fishermen’s wooden houses known as “palheiros”, although these are now interspersed with the cafés and restaurants that have sprung up to cater for the visitors who seek the gastronomic speciality that is, naturally, fresh fish.
The back of this fishing village gives on to a natural freshwater lagoon called the Barrinha. The differing landscape in the short distance that separates the coastal village from the inland town is remarkable: it progresses from the forceful waves of the Atlantic sea and the wide expanse of sand dunes to the lagoon and pine forests surrounding the town.
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Leiria, une beauté médiévale du Portugal
Leiria est un beau mélange de médiéval et de moderne. C’est une ville universitaire animée, bâtie au pied d’un promontoire fortifié, et ce depuis l’occupation musulman des maures. Il faut aussi savoir que Leiria a été une ville très importante dans le passé historique du Portugal. Alphonse III y convoqua le parlement portugais en 1254, et le roi Denis 1er fit du château sa résidence principale au 14 ième siècle. Bref, Leiria a un passé historique très riche, malgré le fait qu’aujourd’hui, ce soit une ville plutôt oubliée par les touristes, et ce, au grand bonheur des voyageurs comme moi!
Португалия достопримечательности
- Португалия Sao Jorge Lisboa - Замок святого Георгия, Лиссабон, Португалия
- Португалия Jeronimos Lisboa - Монастырь иеронимитов (Жеронимуш)
- Португалия Cierigos Porto - Торре-душ-Клеригуш является самой высокой церковной башней Португалии. Она долгие годы была ориентиром для входящих в гавань кораблей.
- Португалия Se Porto - Кафедральный собор Се, Порту, Португалия
- Португалия Estremoz - Эстремоз (Estremoz) — город в Португалии, в провинции Алемтехо, в 50 км к северо-востоку от Эворы, на высоте 461 м.
- Португалия Castelo de Vide - Замок Каштелу-де-Виде - средневековый замок во фрегезии Санта-Мария-да-Девеза, около поселка Каштелу-ди-Види округа Порталегри.
- Португалия Evoramonte - Замок Evoramonte, поочередно записывал Эвору Монте, является португальским замком 12 века.
- Португалия Linhares da Beira - Линья́риш (порт. Linhares) — район (фрегезия) в Португалии, входит в округ Гуарда.
- Португалия Vila Vicosa - посёлок городского типа.
- Португалия Baiona (Espanha) - Граница с Испанией
- Португалия de volta a Lisboa - В ночное время.
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A tour around Monsaraz. Xerez, Orada, Corval, Valentine Rock and the Monsaraz River Beach.
* Monsaraz: *
Video of the village
* Cromeleque do Xerez *
The Xerez's cromlech was erected between the beginning of the 4th and the mid-3rd millennium BC. Its unique quadrangular shape develops around a central menir of about 4m in height, which presents on one of its faces several dimples in all their verticality.
This megalithic monument consists of 50 granite menirs, of phallic form, whose height varies between 1,20m and 1,50m. Although the majority of these menhirs are partially fractured, the fact that they are prostrate in situ, allowed the eventual reconstruction of its original form.
This cromlech was the only monument in the region to be transferred in 2004 due to the construction of the Alqueva dam, next to the Convent of the Orada.
* Convento da Orada: *
Implanted in the middle of the plain, north of the town of Monsaraz and near the place of Ferragudo, the Convent of the Orada stands out for its size and whiteness in a sparsely wooded area.
The place where today stands the cross in front of the church, corresponds to the space occupied by an old hermitage founded by D. Nuno Alvares Pereira. This hermitage underwent profound changes in the late sixteenth century, having passed to the Order of Santiago by the will of the Duke of Braganza. Finally, in 1670, the temple was given to the Barefoot Augustinians who, in 1700, founded the convent, demolishing the secular hermitage.
The construction of the convent will only be completed in 1741 but, shortly after, in 1755, will suffer with the impact of the great earthquake. In 1820, on the occasion of the restructuring of the order, part of the assets of the already extinct convent of Nossa Senhora da Orada were annexed to the convent of Portalegre.
* Fluvial Beach of Monsaraz: *
The Fluvial Beach of Monsaraz, situated in the Nautical Center of Monsaraz, in an inland zone far from the sea, is the first fluvial beach of the Alqueva reservoir.
* São Pedro do Corval: *
The tradition of pottery in São Pedro do Corval goes back to prehistoric times, due to the existence of deposits of clays, which have always motivated this activity.
Through pots, potters' wheels and ovens, we find unique traditional utility pieces that carry us back to the old days when the clay was molded to the needs of the fields and the humble lives in the Alentejo.
Today we find in São Pedro do Corval true works of art, both in form and in decoration - ceramic painting - made with an ancestral knowledge and a characteristic aesthetic of the region. Together with the unique experience of being able to see the clay to be molded by the experienced hands of the master potter on his wheel and to share his knowledge and experiences, São Pedro do Corval, with more than 20 docks in constant excellence the largest center of potters in the country and one of the largest in the Iberian Peninsula.
* Menir da Rocha dos Namorados: *
It is a menir consisting of a block of natural granite, more than two meters high, which has a shape similar to that of a mushroom or a uterus.
This rock is associated with a centuries-old pagan fertility rite, which consists of: the girls of marriageable age, will consult the rock (as if it were an oracle), to know how much time remains to be married. For this purpose they shoot up the menhir, a stone. If this stone does not stand on the rock and fall to the ground, it means they have to wait another year for the wedding. This consultation with the valentine's rock was usually done on Easter Monday.
Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort and Elvas aerial view - Portugal
Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort or Lippe Fort It is a jewel of military architecture, rising upon the north hill of the city. This fort was built in the 18th century, in order to complete the defence line of Elvas fortified square. Located in a high spot, this fort was occupied by Spanish artillery during Linhas de Elvas battle in 659. It has four bastions, four ravelins and several gaps, so that its canons could beat the enemies as they approached.
Graça Fort is constituted by three defensive lines, including in its interior several dependencies such as barracks, chapel, bunkers, the governor house, a big cistern, cannons, among many others.
Important part of the Elvas defensive strategy, a town that since early times has been an important strategically defensive point, the Graça Fort was built in the place where before was located the ancient Santa Maria da Graça Chapel. The Fort is classified as
National Heritage since 1910, yet it is not presently opened to the public.
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Belver Castle and Alamal beach aerial view
Belver Castle stands out on a hilltop in this landscape where the lush vegetation provides a contrast with the calm waters of the River Tejo. For lovers of hiking and walking, there is a wooden boardwalk along the river bank, between the beach and Belver bridge, with fine views out over the flora and fauna.
Alamal river beach is part of a stunning setting on the banks of the River Tagus. It belongs to a leisure complex which, in addition to support amenities for the bathing area, also has an Adventure Centre offering various activities such as rappel, slide, boating and canoeing.
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