Penha Garcia

On the right bank of the Ponsul river, on the south side of the Penha Garcia Mountain foothill, this village, with the same name as the mountain, is known for the many fossils found there (trilobites). Penha Garcia must have once been a lusitan castro (a celtic village). Of th four churchs that once existed here only the church of the Espírito Santo (16th century) is still used as such. Two other churches were ruined but were recovered (Saint Lourenço and Saint Sebastião). The 16th century mother church has a gothic image of Our Lady of Leite (milk). A special note to the vestiges of the castle, the pillory (from the reign of Dom Sebastião), the manors, the communal ovens, the dam and the mills as well. Penha Garcia, once the siege of the parish (extinct in 1836) has about 1000 inhabitants that make adufes (a sort of tambourine), embroideries, wood, cork and iron objects and more.