Heritage tourism
The Ourique Foundation is traditionally dated 711, the year of entry of Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula. However, several factors point to a rearmost existence. Several settlements since prehistoric times, locations documented by various archaeological campaigns are known. From the Paleolithic, Chalcolithic, Iron Age and Bronze, the proto-historic presence, Roman, Celtic, Arab, a […]
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 […]
This not religious monument Vidígueira gained more value when Vasco da Gama, in 1520, ordered to make a bell to put this tower whose date of construction is unknown. In a more recent phase, the City Council has made restoration work, which included the laying of hands on the clock. The hours are still marked […]
The Castle of Vidígueira, also referred to as the Palace of the ranges, in Alentejo, is located in the village, parish and Vidigueira municipality, Beja district of Portugal. Member of the Guadiana line in the thirteenth century, the castle, which remain in the ruins of the keep, have been adapted to house the Counts of Vidigueira. […]
While primitive human occupation of their site dates back to prehistoric times and is mentioned in the writings of Ptolemy and Polybius, in the middle of the second century BC, its fortifications date of the Roman invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, possibly due to the acquired importance in the regional scenario . This was the […]
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 The first historical reference to this settlement is in the […]
Castle of Noudar, Alentejo, located in the old village of the same name, parish and county of Barrancos, Beja District, Portugal. Sentinel streak with Spain, stands isolated in a steep rise dominating the surrounding plains and the creek Múrtega and Ardila, on the left bank of the Guadiana river. Witnessed, along with the castles of […]
