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The local museum in Castelo Branco contains a stone with a Hebrew inscription from the synagogue of Belmonte, dated to the year 1297. [4] In 1510 a new foral was conceded by Manuel I and in 1642 the town acquired the status of Vila de Castelo Branco. In 1771 Castelo Branco became a city and a bishopric (see below) until 1881.
Monsanto is a village in the civil parish of Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, in the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova, District of Castelo Branco, Portugal. In 2011, it covered an area of 131.76 km 2 and had 828 inhabitants (June 30, 2011).
Carvalho, Rogério (10 November 1988), Proposta de classificação do Castelo de Castelo Branco (in Portuguese) "Castelo de Castelo Branco", Acção Regional (in Portuguese), 28 January 1926, pp. 1– 2; Conde, F. da Costa (1964), "A alcáçova de Castelo Branco", Estudos de Castelo Branco (in Portuguese), vol. 14
Alcafozes is a village in the civil parish of Idanha-a-Nova and Alcafozes, municipality of Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco District, in Portugal. In 2011, it had 202 inhabitants in an area of 56,82 km 2. Alcafozes is the most important settlement in the immediate vicinity of the internationally renowned music and culture festival Boom Festival.
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Geodesic Center of Portugal. At the small town of Vila de Rei, it is worth admiring the 18th century Parish Church and the Miserichord Chapel. A natural curiosity of Vila de Rei is the Penedo Furado (pierced boulder), which has been adapted to shelter two belvederes, set on a rocky platform surrounded by woods and small water-falls.
Castelo Branco District (Portuguese: Distrito de Castelo Branco [kɐʃˈtɛlu ˈβɾɐ̃ku] ⓘ) is located in Central Portugal. Its capital is Castelo Branco, which is now also its most populous city, overtaking Covilhã, which was once the largest city, in the late 2010s. It has an area of 6,675 km 2 (2,577 sq mi) (4th largest in Portugal ...