Considered as one of the most important and best preserved from the border....
In 1218 the Knights of the Military Order of San Julian del Pereriro took up residence in Alcántara, and change its name to the Military Order of Alcántara. Occupy the old castle, where the citadel was located, until the construction of the convent, during the reign of the Catholic Kings, following ...
”El Castillo de las Siete Torres,” which has its main entrance on Viento Street, was built in 1235 under the reign of Ferdinand III....
Crossing of bordering cultures...
This church is the Mayor. Its construction began in 1789 on the site of a small chapel, founded in 1311 by Lourenço Pires and his wife. It ends in 1873. It is a huge temple, perhaps the largest of the Alto Alentejo....
From old grain store to shelter of the reader within the City of Coria....
The ”Cocinha dos Ganhões” is a gastronomic event that contributes to the qualification and dissemination of tourism of Concelho de Estremoz and that, over time, has been reaffirmed in the cultural, economic and social of the region of Alentejo, being already rooted in the people´s memory of Estremoz...
Monsanto (Castle and Walls - National Monument 1948)Icon for tourism in the region, the historic village of Monsanto is a unique experience for those who visit....
Renaissance house located in the Padre Ruiz Square....
Franciscan convent established in 1448, associated with the memory of an ”apparition” of the Virgin. Early Gothic chapel of Nossa Senhora da Estrela, with baroque altarpiece marble Estremoz eighteenth century, houses a statue of the Virgin and Child....
The brotherhood of Santa Quitéria kept this shrine, whose apse is supported by a tower of Manueline wall, until the mid-nineteenth century. Inside highlights a magnificent altarpiece in neoclassical marble and forge his pulpit....
Anthropomorphic Graves, presses, vats and other remnants of rural architecture: Under the name of the city of San Benito Valley, several conclusions are listed. The coordinates correspond offered 5 anthropomorphic tombs located about 2 km. the village....
