Serpa
The early human occupation of their site dates back to prehistoric times, later Romanized, when he was called Serpa, living with the road connecting Beja south of Hispania. It is believed that here has been a Roman fort with the function to protect this stretch of persurso. With the fall of the Roman Empire, met […]
The Church of Santa Maria, also referred to as Igreja Matriz de Serpa in Alentejo, located in the vicinity of Serpa Castle, in Largo de Santa Maria or Largo dos Santos Próculo and Hilarion, in the parish of Santa Maria, Serpa municipality , Beja district, Portugal. Its original building dates back to the fourteenth century, probably […]
Serpa village was occupied successively by Romans and Arabs cores definitely being conquered by Christian troops in the first quarter of the thirteenth century. In Roman times, it was a small cluster of secondary importance, signing up in the area of Pax Julia civitas. It was conquered from the Moors in 1166, making to be […]
Serpa is a Portuguese raiana town in the district of Beja, Alentejo region and subregion of the Alentejo, with about 5000 inhabitants. Serpa was already populated before the domain of the Romans, however these were that fomented the county, especially at the farm level. In 1166 it was conquered from the Moors by D. Afonso […]
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 […]
