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Towns and VillagesMatosinhosTradition and progress in this Atlantic coast city... Founded at the mouth of the river Leça, Matosinhos has always benefited from its close proximity to the sea. Early references to a settlement known as Matesinus date back to the 11th century. In (...)
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Towns and VillagesMedaIn the mediaeval period, Meda was the setting for hard-fought skirmishes between Christians and Muslims, since at that time it was essentially a border town. Its watchtower (formerly known as the Torre de Vigia, but referred to nowadays as the Torre (...)
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Towns and VillagesMelgaçoSituated close to Galicia, the original settlement developed around the castle built in the twelfth century at the orders of the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques. In the heart of the cool and luxuriantly green region where the famous (...)
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Towns and VillagesMértolaThe nesting site of storks where the gracious white houses roll down to the Guadiana contains all the charms of a thriving and surviving museum town.Formerly a Roman town before becoming the capital of the Arab kingdom and the original national home (...)
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Towns and VillagesMesão FrioA quiet town situated in the Douro demarcated wine region, Mesão Frio has always been linked to wine-making. The vines grow in terraces on the banks of the river, lending great beauty to the landscape, and dotted here and there are large estates and (...)
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Towns and VillagesMiranda do DouroThis very ancient city was once a Roman settlement and later on, in the eighth century, was occupied by the Arabs, who gave it the name of "Mir Andul", which later gave rise to Miranda.Its location by the border gave it great importance as a (...)
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Towns and VillagesMirandelaThis beautiful city stands on the banks of the River Tua and is often referred to as the garden city. It is popularly said by the local inhabitants that "when people see Mirandela they inevitably want to stay here".The festivals held at the end of (...)
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Towns and VillagesMogadouroMogadouro first became part of the kingdom of Portugal when it was conquered from the Moors in the thirteenth century. The land was then given to the Order of the Knights Templar, who founded a castle here, although this now stands in ruins. The (...)
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Towns and VillagesMoimenta da BeiraThe name of "Moimenta" refers to a funereal construction or mausoleum and is thought to derive from the fact that in prehistoric times there was once a burial ground here. Aquilino Ribeiro, a Portuguese writer from the nineteenth and twentieth (...)
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Towns and VillagesMoitaOriginally a fishing village, on the south bank of the Tagus, near Lisbon and Setúbal, Moita started to be frequented by the nobility as a place of leisure, and in the 16th century as a refuge, on account of the plague which was sweeping Lisbon. The (...)
