| Page Views: 429 Last Visit to Montemor-o-Novo: July, 2004 | IN THE HEART OF ALENTEJO by JoseMonteiro - last update: Aug 3, 2004 |
This town is one of the oldest in Portugal. The richness of it's lands allowed human occupation since pre-history. The region is full of monuments that prove it : caves with paintings from the upper paleolithic as well as megalithic monuments.
The shape of the town has we know it was a work of the islamic occupation. After their expulsion a magnificent castle was built, very probably where the arabe city stood once. It was also a construction to stop spanish invasions. The first mention to this town dates from 1181.
The modern city of Montemor-o-Novo lives with those legacys, trying to bring them back to peoples memory. That was how i hended up in here, working on an archaeologycal field in a convent built in the 16th century. |
|  | The castle's main entrance Besides its great history this town has other things to offer. The landscape is fantastic has this picture taken from the castle shows. |
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