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Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Castelo Branco, Portugal" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
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).
The first historical information about the area dates back to the reign of the first King of Portugal Afonso I (1112-1185), when the landlord of region donated the lands to the Bishop of Coimbra on 6 May 1168.
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
The aerial view of the accessway to the castle. The castle was located in an urban-rural location, in an area that marks the territory, on a hilltop that is 763 metres (2,503 ft) above sea level, situated on the right margin of the Rio Ponsul and overlooking the urban nucleus and parish of São Salvador.
Penamacor (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɨnɐmɐˈkoɾ] ⓘ or [ˌpenɐmɐˈkoɾ]) is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,682, [1] in an area of 563.71 square kilometres (217.65 sq mi). [2] The mayor is António Luís Beites Soares. [3] The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.
Fundão (Portuguese pronunciation: [fũˈdɐ̃w] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Castelo Branco District in Portugal. Fundão proper is an old city with 8,369 inhabitants in 2001, [1] situated at the point where the slope of the Gardunha range meets the Cova da Beira plains, 500 metres above sea level.