Here are some of the most impressive ancient villages of Portugal

Monsanto

Monsanto would become popularly known as “the most Portuguese village of Portugal” due to a government-sponsored competition that awarded twelve historic villages the distinction of Most Portuguese Village of their own province in 1938. It was the main town of the concelho between 1174 and the beginning of the 19th century, and the county seat in the period of 1758-1853. The earliest traces of man is from Early Stone Age at the time of the ice ages. Later, Romans settled at the base of the mountain.

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Chelo Abbe

Piódão

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Sortelha

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Óbidos

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Monsaraz

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Guimarães

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Marvão

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Almeida

Almeida is a fortified village and a municipality in the sub-region of Beira Interior Norte and the District of Guarda, Portugal. The town proper has a population of 1,300 people (2011). The town’s castle fortress was completed in 1641 and is located to the north of the village and is approached through the two tunnel gates and dry moat named the Portas de São Francisco.

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Castelo Novo

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Linhares da Beira

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Belmonte

Belmonte is the birthplace of Pedro Álvares Cabral, the navigator who discovered the land of Vera Cruz, now known as Brazil. Located i...