Location
Viseu District is located in the Central Inland of Portugal, in fact this is the only District where the border does not confine either with the atlantic ocean nor with Spain.
Description
Viseu is one of the most mountainous Districts of the country, where the bulks of the mountain ranges of the Lapa (953m), Leomil (1008m), Caramulo (1071m), Gralheira (1116m), and Montemuro (1382m) are located.
In its valleys the tributaries of the Douro run, respectively the Távora, the Varosa and the Paiva, and the rivers Vouga, Dão and the Mondego.
There are several great National Monuments located in this region, many of them proof of ancient human presence, such as the Dólmen de Areita (S. João da Pesqueira), the prehistoric sepulture Castro da Nossa...
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