Serra do Picoto
A rough natural area with landscapes of great natural beauty. On the top of the hill, there is a big ston crucifix that signals the battle between the French and Portuguese-English armies, on August 17, 1808, during the first napoleonic invasion that marked the beginning of the peninsular war.
Contacts
Serra do Picoto
2540,Roliça
- Mountains
- car access
Characteristics
Natural Resources near Serra do Picoto
Gruta da Lapa do Suão
A cave discovered in 1880, nonetheless only regularly eexplored after 1963. Vestiges of the paleolithic, the neolithic and the bronze age have been uncovered h…
Gruta Nova
This cave was discovered by accident in 1961, during works for the exploration of a mine. Several utensils and stone artefacts have been found here. Nonetheles…
