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 […]
