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Castelo de São Romão (Vestígios)
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Telhado
5470-527, Montalegre
At the foot of the Serra do Larouco, among o Corgo o Corgo and do Fojo of the Goatherd, 1090 ft maximum altitude is a rugged Hill that was once a fortified settlement of pre-Roman times. For the whole lot are visible remnants of alignments of structures, with higher incidence on the upper deck, where you will find the highest concentration of ceramic materials. There are also remains of walls. Of North and Northwest defence was natural. Iron age fortified settlement, taking into account the ceramic booty found.
Castro de Outeiro
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Outeiro
5470-332, Outeiro
Castro strategically deployed on the right bank of the river Cávado, at the southern end of the plateau of Mourela, overlooking the Hill Bridge. Location of broad visibility to the West, on the serra do Gerês. This fortified village extends for about five acres, having a defensive system composed of three surrounding walls and a deep and broad moat on the East side. Inside, there are large artificial platforms supported by thick support walls, where if they have traces of plant construction circular. In the years 90 still worked the land that make up the castro, currently the walls of …
Castro de Pedrário
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Pedrário
5470-464, Montalegre
The castro of Pedrário is situated on a prominent elevation that dominates a large area north to the foothills of the Larouco. Covers even part of the Valley of the river which flows to the North, Assureira since Solveira the Vilar de Perdizes. It stands at an altitude of about 1,000 meters, with an area of about 300 square meters and is located in the vicinity of the place of Pedrário, who gave him the name. Built during the iron age, the settlement was masterminded by a complex system of fortifications, particularly by two lines of wall, about 2\/3 meters …
Castro de Solveira
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Solveira
5470, Montalegre
Traces of a fortified village, located a short fortified amplitude, on a promontory over the river Assureira. On the north side, over the River, as well as on the upper deck, the traces of settlement are more obvious and consist of the alignment of a thick wall and the accumulation of stones from the collapse of structures. Not been identified ceramic or other booty consistent with human occupation of the site in prehistory.
Lagares Rupestres de Santa Marinha
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Vilar de perdizes
5470, Vilar de perdizes
Traces of rock Mills, located in place of Santa Marinha. The mills are cave dug into the rock structures consisting of a sink for pisa (or calcatorium), outflow channels of liquids extracted from pisa and, in some cases, the pious (or lacus) and post holes that withstood the structure for pressing (or stipites). Had grape processing function, i.e. the production of wine.
Aldeia Velha do Juriz (Vestígios)
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Pitões
5470-370, Pitões
About 1000 meters southwest of the village of Pitões das Júnias and camouflaged by a dense oak is the town abandoned of Gerez. Traces remain of about 40 houses of quadrangular, built with granite blocks, some crudely equipped. The streets between the houses are also well preserved, and still retain the lajeado. The spacing between the houses is about 3\/4 feet, some retain just over a metre of wall, but you can imagine, without great efforts the architecture of this village. The Oaks are invading gradually the interior of each House, giving this place a rare beauty. Is the Medieval …
Inscrições Romanas - Altar de Penascrita
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Vilar de perdizes
5470-461, Montalegre
Granitic outcrop worked and transformed into rock altar, consisting of three steps, topped by three more notches in the rock, in the form of "and" lying. On the surface it stands out a rectangular cavity and linear tears. This cavity is interpreted by some authors as being the "foculus". On one side of the altar there is an inscription dedicated to the God Jupiter, mate, Larouco assigned by the soldiers of the Legion VII Gemina. Mention the resemblance to two other nearby shrines, one dedicated to the God Jupiter and another Larouco.
Dólmen na Rua Padre Domingos Barroso
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Rua Padre Domingos Barroso
5470-202, Montalegre
Fojo do Lobo de Parada
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Parada
5470-333, Montalegre
Monument located at an average altitude of 890 metres, inside of the Peneda-Gerês National Park. The vegetation is dense, and the fojo burned recently. It is a granite wall, closed around a large Boulder, which forms an enclosure only accessible by exterior. There's a door, formerly used by popular to put the bait, carry out maintenance and cleaning operations, and to enter the interior of the walled area when a Wolf then was cornered. With about 60 meters in diameter, is the largest fojo of this type in the Iberian Peninsula. One of their structural particularities is the shape of …
Gravuras Rupestres do Penedo de Caparinho
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Vilar de Perdizes
5470-461, Montalegre
Within the designated space for Caparinho field, in a shed attached to the river Assureira, are some rock engravings, of which stands out the Rock of Caparinho, now renamed Penedo of matrimony. Presents written two anthropomorphs, one male and the other female, with their genitals expressed, indicating rituals associated with human fertility. The figures present the show of hands, with oversized hands and are apparently kneeling. In the area surrounding the rock there are other engraved rocks, one corresponds to a granitic outcrop, where were made several dents from different dimensions, sometimes aligned, other connected by small grooves perforation. The …