For its excellent location by the sea and as the arms of the lagoon reached the hill, according to the Outeiro da Assenta Lower Paleolithic station these lands were always populated. Here was formed a Celtiberian castro, facing west. It is known that the Phoenicians traded here, and today more properly the Romans settled and it […]
Implemented in Portugal since the twelfth century, the Cistercian Order accompanied the formation of the territory and the political statement of the first dynasty. Gradually extending their monasteries in central and northern regions, thanks to the special royal protection, the white monks contributed decisively to the colonization and development of the vast areas occupied applying […]
