On the environs of the picturesque small village of Alter Pedroso is situated this megalithic monuments, symbol of the ancient human occupancy.
The monument is composed by a circle of eight...
The beautiful Vila Formosa’s Roman Bridge is situated over the Seda stream, next to the Vila Formosa village, in Alter do Chão, in the vast Alentejo region.
This is a Roman...
Situated in Seda locality, right in the Alentejo region, the ruins of the walls that surrounded the Seda’s castle have probably their origin in an ancient Lusitanos tribe fortress hill,...
The Alter Pedroso’s Castle, situated in the Alter do Chão department, on the vast Alentejo region, was once an important defensive structure of this area, located on a strategic...
The natural rocky shelter in Vale de Junco (also known as “Lapa dos Gaviões”) encompasses rupestrian paintings in monochromatic ochre red, and is situated in the...
Apesar da forte ligação deste castelo à História Portuguesa, pela notoriedade do Mestre de Avis, rei D. João I, que teve residência nesta vila, do Castelo...
Grande orgulho Patrimonial da bonita vila de Avis, na vasta região Alentejana, o Convento da Ordem de Avis, ou Mosteiro de São Bento de Avis, alberga em si uma rica história,...
Annexed to the lovely Campo Maior Mother Church, this is the second largest bone chapel in the Country (the biggest one is located in the famous São Francisco Church, in Évora)....
O castelo de Campo Maior, foi mandado construir por D. Dinis, por volta de 1310, como forma de reforçar as defesas fronteiriças, e a importância desta função levou...
Towering above the ancient Ouguela village, nowadays part of the São João Baptista village, in the beautiful Campo Maior department, the Ouguela Castle has quite remote origins....
Close to the lovely Ouguela small village, in the beautiful Campo Maior department, on the vast Alentejo region, the Nossa Senhora da Enxara Sanctuary is famous for its festivities that take place...
O castelo de Castelo de Vide, poderá ter sido reconquistado aos árabes por D. Afonso Henriques, apesar de só por volta de 1232, esta povoação aparecer devidamente...
Localizada bem no centro da belíssima vila de Castelo de Vide, a Fonte da Vila é um dos seus monumentos mais emblemáticos.
Classificada como Imóvel de Interesse...
Discovered in 1965 the Meada Menhir is the biggest one in the entire Iberian Peninsula discovered so far. With about 4 meters long as from the ground and a maximum diameter of 1,25 meter, the...
The Coureleiros megalithic Park is composed by five Antas relatively close by to each other. It is also known as the Megalithic Necropolis of Coureleiros, and probably dates back to the 4th and 3rd...
Situated in the lovely small village of Flor da Rosa, nearby Crato village, the Monastery of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Flor da Rosa, founded in 1356, is the most emblematic...
Situated over the Chocanal river, at about 100 meters distance from the lovely village of Crato, in the heart of the vast Alentejo region, this old bridge is a solid granite construction, usually...
O Aqueduto da Amoreira liga o local da Amoreira à cidade de Elvas. Tem 843 arcos com mais de cinco arcadas e torres de 30 m de altura.
Em 1498, a única fonte de abastecimento de...
The Miradeiro Arch is one of the vestiges left from the original defensive walls built in Mud (a quite typical Moorish material) dating from the Islamic occupancy of the territory, probably dated...
Located in the vast and charming Alentejo region, more concretely in the Barbacena small village, in the Elvas department, this monument is thought to be built over a pre-Roman hill fort.
The...
Em Elvas a ocupação humana data pelo menos do século II, a. C. quando os romanos ocuparam a península, depois foi habitada pelos visigodos e a partir de 714, pelos...
Also known as the Count Lippe Fort, the Graça Fort is located in a mount with the same name, one of the highest mounts in the region, with a big strategic-defensive importance, at about 1km...
The Santa Luzia Fort is located on the south side of the beautiful town of Elvas, and constitutes nowadays an important example of the 17th century Portuguese military architecture.
Elvas,...
A actual Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção de Elvas, Matriz da localidade e antiga Sé da cidade, implanta-se no local de uma anterior construção, possivelmente...
Located on the historical centre of the emblematic town of Elvas, this Church was parto f the lovely São Domingos Convent, founded in 1267 in the place where before was situated the Nossa...
Elvas Pillory is one of the symbolic monuments of this lovely historical town in the vast Alentejo town.
According to some researches, this Pillory was originally from the close by Ouguela...
O castelo de Belver, foi construído no reinado de D. Sancho I, sob a orientação da Ordem dos Hospitalários, a quem o rei doou esta região, em 1194.
Este...
The Marvão Castle is located on the highest peak of the lovely São Mamede Mountain, in the heart of the Natural Park.
The territory occupancy may date back to pre-history, and was...
Situated nearby the lovely village of Marvão, in the vast Alentejo region , in the heart of the São Mamede Mountain Natural Park, the Ruins of the Roman Town of Ammaia are located in...
Situated in the Portagem settlement, nearby Marvão, the Old Portagem’s Bridge is located over the Sever river, in an area of great beauty.
The existence of another bridge over this...
Situated in the Monforte department, in the vast Alentejo region, this lovely Monument over the Monforte stream show off the rich history of the region, in a place of peace of mind and great...
O Castelo de Monforte foi conquistado aos árabes por volta de 1139, por D. Afonso Henriques, mas viria a ser de novo ocupado pelas forças muçulmanas, a sua...
O castelo da Amieira, é suposto, ter sido construído no reinado de D. Afonso IV, por volta de 1350, pela Ordem de São João do Hospital de Jerusalém, a quem o rei...
Situated over the Nisa small river, this ancient Bridge is associated to a fragment of stone paved road, an important inheritance from the Roman occupation period of the region.
This solid...
The Montalvão Castle, situated nearby the border with Spain, is nowadays quite damaged, yet vestiges of the Castle’s walls, towers and the cistern can still be found.
The landscape...
O castelo de Nisa foi mandado erguer por D. Dinis, por volta de 1290, com a ajuda da Ordem do Templo, depois de o antigo castelo e a povoação, terem sido arrasados pelo seu...
Located on the beautiful São Mamede Mountain Natural Park, right in the vast and charming Alentejo region, the Alegrete Castle is classified as a National Monument since 1946.
This...
A construção do castelo de Portalegre terá sido iniciada no reinado de D. Afonso III, e a sua conclusão ocorreu já no reinado de D. Dinis, por volta de 1290....
