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Towns and VillagesProença-a-NovaSurrounded by large areas of forest and cultivated fields, in particular the olive groves and cherry trees that blossom in the spring, covering huge areas with a white shroud in a stunning spectacle, Proença-a-Nova is a town waiting to be discovered (...)
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Towns and VillagesQuarteiraOnce a simple fishing village, Quarteira has become in the last decades in a cosmopolitan tourist centre, main reason to receive hundreds of vistors every year.Its past identity can be glimpsed in a 17th century church and in a nucleous of houses (...)
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Towns and VillagesQueluzQueluz is a populous area in the municipality of Sintra about 12 kms from Lisbon. In the early 18th century it was the idyllic country setting of the royal family's estate and hunting lodge, which the Infante Dom Pedro, son of King Dom João V, (...)
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Towns and VillagesRedondoThe Alentejo town of Redondo has become particularly important for the Portuguese economy as a result of its two main regional products: pottery and wine.The local hand-made pottery is well known all over the country. It is possible to find here (...)
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Towns and VillagesReguengos de MonsarazThe history of Reguengos has frequently been confused over the years with that of Monsaraz, since the limits of the municipality were exactly the same until 1838, the year when the municipal seat was moved to Reguengos, a situation which contributed (...)
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Towns and VillagesResendeResende is believed to take its name from the Christian knight "Rausendo", who conquered the town and then repopulated it in the eleventh century. This is the region in which D. Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, was brought up by his (...)
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Towns and VillagesRibeira de PenaSituated in a transitional zone between the provinces of Minho and Trás-os-Montes, Ribeira de Pena is located deep in the heart of the vinho verde demarcated wine region. The municipality is crossed by several rivers, which make the countryside cool (...)
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Towns and VillagesRio MaiorNearby the Serra dos Candeeiros, Rio Maior was for centuries an important mining centre, since the local population's main occupation was extracting rock-salt from a mine in the Serra. Farming is still the main occupation in the region, with large (...)
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Towns and VillagesSabrosaSituated in the Port wine demarcated region, Sabrosa still retains various features from the time of its settlement in the Neolithic period (dolmens and cromlechs) and some hill-top forts from the Iron Age, amongst them Castro da Sancha, which was (...)
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Towns and VillagesSagresDating back from the Roman conquest times, it was in the 15th century that Sagres achieved great importance.The frequent presence of Prince henry the Navigator during the first days of Atlantic navigation and the Discovery of the African coast as (...)
