The Caia Dam has the largest reservoir of Portalegre district, extending from the municipalities of Arronches, Campo Maior and Elvas. It is a mixed dam, with concrete in the deepest part of the valley and embankment on the left bank of the river. Located in rugged terrain marked by extensive olive groves. The […]
Portalegre is located in one of the flanks of the Serra of São Mamede , which is a mountain range with a wide variety of fauna and flora, considered Natural Park. Here, you can find deer, wild boars and eagles in the forest of chestnut and oak trees. This wealth makes Portalegre for the natural […]
Perched on a granite crag of the Serra de São Mamede, Marvão’s name is derived from an 8th-century Muladi duke, named Ibn Marwan. Ibn Marwan used the fortress as a power base when establishing an independent statelet (“emirate”, duchy) covering much of modern day Portugal during the Emirate of Cordoba (884-931 CE). The castle and walled village were further fortified through the […]
Considered to be one of the most important example of existing fortified monastery in the Iberian Peninsula. Nowadays is a charm hotel, belonging to Pousadas de Portugal. Built in 1356 by D. Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, first Prior of Crato and father of Nuno Alvares Pereira, the Holy Constable. According to some historians was D.Nuno’ […]
