Mértola
This is the largest two freshwater lakes created by Mason & Barry company during the nineteenth century to provide water for the low-grade mineral processing by wet. It has parking, bar, toilets and surveillance during the bathing season. GPS coordinates N 37.6724943º W 7.4992461º
The Mine de São Domingos in Alentejo, is located in Pinto Court parish, Mértola municipality, Beja district of Portugal. The mine and its village correspond to an old mining couto. Had connection to the river-sea port Pomarão, on the Guadiana river, through a railway, iron reduced way, about 15 km long, the São Domingos Line […]
Occupied since prehistoric times, this region constitutes an important trading center frequented by Phoenicians and Carthaginians, thanks to the existence of river and land routes connecting it to the south of the peninsula. Before the Roman invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, remained the commercial importance. The first historical reference to this settlement is in the […]
The Guadiana Valley Natural Park is a protected area, with an area of 69700 hectares, located in the southeast of the Portuguese territory, in the Alentejo region. The park includes the municipalities of Mértola and Serpa, located district of Beja, covering the waterfront of the Guadiana River and the Mértola village, town of great historical […]
Mértola is one of the capitals of the Alentejo. Its history is forever linked to the Guadiana river, strategic waterway for the development of trade routes of the Mediterranean. Mértola is a tipical Portuguese village raiana the district of Beja, Alentejo region and sub-region of Alentejo, with more than 2000 inhabitants. The village is situated on […]
