Prominent summit of the western Trás-os-montes is the Serra do Marão. It is one of the highest mountains in northern Portugal with 1415 meters dividing the basins of the rivers Tâmega and Corgo. Far from the summit, to the southeast in a place overlooking the Douro Valley.
This ancient town, older than the founding of Portugal, owes its name to the abundance of vineyards that covered the slopes and produced excellent wine. Today the production of wine has almost disappeared. In the time of the Romans there was a settlement called Veniatia, through which passed the road that linked Braga to Astorga. Suebi, Visigoths, Vandals, […]
At the time of the Christian Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the primitive streak Limits Portucalense county with the lion kingdom was developing along the left bank of the river Sabor to its confluence with the creek Angueira. This streak was guarded by four main sentinels: Castle Million, Castle Santulhão (both have since disappeared), the […]
Mafómedes is a small village inside the Marão Mountain Range. Mafómedes used to be complete inaccessible in the winter
Situated high in the Marao mountain range, the Pousada Marao offers luxury hotel accommodation and magnificent views of the mountains and Tamega Valley This rustic Hotel Sao Goncalo in the Amarante district is uniquely located in this area of natural beauty. The Pousada Marao combines magnificent views of the Marao mountain range and the River Tamega with excellent amenities. […]
Early construction in Montalegre date back 3500–4000 years when early inhabitants, around the villages of Mourela, Veiga and Vila da Ponte, buried their dead in funeral mounds. Vestiges of this culture predominate the region, and suggest that settlements have been ongoing since the Metal Ages. Celt colonies began to appear afterward, constructing castros in many of the places that […]
The history of Mogadouro is evident in the number of castros that dot the landscape of region from the neolithic period. In particular are the castros of Oleiros in Bemposta, Vilarinho, São Martinho do Peso, Figueirinha de Travanca, Bruçó and the more recently excavated castro in Vilariça, in the Serra da Castanheira.[3] The Celts passed through this region, leaving behind its art […]
The Reino de Leão was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in AD 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León. The County of Portugal separated to become the independent Kingdom of Portugal in 1139 and the eastern, inland part of León was joined […]
The Leonese are an ethnic group whose homeland is the former Kingdom of León, now known as region of Leon. This area was formerly a country in Southwestern Europe that covered a territory in northwestern Spain and northeastern Portugal. The Leonese Kingdom was an independent kingdom in the Middle Ages, keeping its status as a kingdom under the Spanish rule until the 1833 territorial division of Spain. […]
The legend of the “She-Pig of Murça”, like all others, is the result of popular imagination. This knowledge is often perpetuated by the collective memory of generations. The meaning of existence of this legend is connected with the explanation of the meaning in the Square January 31 or April 25(Praça 31 de Janeiro ou 25 de […]
