Passage of automà ³ vel - approach Extensão 170 km

The passage is initiated in Montemor-the-New, about one hour of trip of Lisbon. Before in them putting the discovery of this zone of the Alentejo, valley the penalty to visit the village.
tradição associative took construção of agremiações, many of situated them the wheel of the asseado and flowery central garden. Beautiful vestÃgios of the urban residential architecture can be seen, since windows of manuelino profile the solar setecentistas of vãos rococà ³, with great façades of two pisos with séries of windows of drawn decorated to make to remember longÃnqua Goa.
It had charter of D. Sancho I. was born S. João Here de Deus. It is conserved, even so very ruined, the medieval castle, inside of which the old village was built and where if it can see the abandoned Convent of Ours Lady of the Saudação (séc. XVI).
In hills prà ³ ximas rises the chapels of Ours Lady of the Conceição and Ours Lady of the Visitação. It can be gone up this última através of soft stairs ³ river. Of the high one it is appraised wide planÃcie and the village, with the castle in the top of the mount-deferred payment.
Close in the Mount to the Albardeira, the workshop it cesteiro João Lopes. Accepted orders for hampers wicker the test of caruncho.

Before avançar for grottos of Escoural or the gicos fields arqueolà ³ where região é prà ³ says, receives the útil informação in the Museum sedeado in the Convent from São Sundays, good close to the tower gio it relà ³, of where if povoação sights all.

The museum testifies the antiquity of presença of the Man in região, with ample documentação of the paleolÃtica life of the neighboring Grotto of the Escoural. This was habitatÂ, santuà ¡ river and necrà ³ pole between 17 and 13 a thousand Cerâmica B.C. and utensÃlios of pastorÃcia and agriculture vão registering evolução of vain ¡ you laugh ages of pré-histà ³ laughs at região, on the basis of escavações in the zone of the tapirs of the Ravinetad land and the Comenda.

Of the regional museum, prominence for the pottery, with espà ³ lio legacy for etnà ³ loga Ribeiro Daisy the wait of one better catalogação. Relief for conventual pottery and one representação of barros of all paÃs. In the room of capÃtulo, a set of old cars, since charretes coches. Além of one colecção of religious images and a dedicated room the local etnologia hà ¡, for the aficionados ones, a small quico museum tauromà ¡, donated for Isabel Ribeiro Dos Santos.

Leaving for the road Handle ¡ çovas, it is transferred the side of an original bar: old estação railroad ¡ laughs. Close de Caeiras, Fifth of the Tower, where if it finds the Tower of the Carvalhal. Tico-manuelina Gà ³, conserves the walls of pé. Together, a small chapel of the same época, também in abandonment state.

It is transferred after that for Santiago de Escoural and the Grotto of Escoural. Later for Tower of Giesteira, também known by Tower of the Good Fé. ‰ a edifÃcio that must retrace to séc. XVI, having later suffered transformações and acrescentos. Close de S. Brissos, capelinha of Ours Lady it Release, construçã what it uses to advantage one of ³ lmen. Of new in the road, the villages of Valverde and Guadalupe, até if to reach the Cromeleque of the Almendres. ConstituÃdo for a hundred of menhirs, the most impressive é of the existing sets of género in Portugal and must date of perÃodo CalcolÃtico.

In the Farm of the Miter, to sevir of dependência the University of ‰ vora, the Tapir of the Zambujeiro, whose esteios reach five meters of height.
In ‰ vora it is overcome direcção of Reguengos, and after Montoito. Here, it is followed for Castle of Valongo, espécie reduced of the castle of Guimarães and that it seems to float in a sea of spikes. Objectivo Prà ³ ximo: Redondo.
The quality of the adobe of Redondo early gave to fame the s its potteries. In its workshop that if leans ¡ s walls of the castle, passed the Door of the Ravessa and opposite of hospitalzinho, Jõao ©rtola shows an oven to ME of the time of D. Dinis, where the border ³ bada é the primitive, made of land and brick. You ¡ buas of chão é that vão being moved.
Mr. Pintassilgo brags the local adobe, that goes to search the mountain range of the Ossa. He mixes it in one clinks with ¡ gua and well beaten é with the falheiro.

Later é passed for the bolter to remove the impurities and he has to be to dry in a tank the one return mês. They complain of the Spanish adobe, that jà ¡ arrives here packed and chemical preparation. ‰ fine adobe more cil fan ¡ to mold. But peças ¡ becomes frà more geis, any pat and wool ¡ goes the plate.

Adriano Hammer is distinguished for the quality of its painting. IN £o if it matters of in £o vender immediately because it sacrifices the amount the quality.

The plates of the Aunt Rita € “ with many original reasons e, até, the dúvida one of who stole to who the dove normally atribuÃda the Picasso € “ becomes indispensà ¡ vel a visit a atelier of the artist.

Village Viçosa é the point of following stopping. The é village dominated for presença faustosa of the House of Bragança, chose that it as residência of férias.
The Paço Ducal results of the first visor ¡ quinhentista rutting to the style to mudéjar, modified in séc. XVI and during the reigns of D. João V and D. José I. According to José Teixeira, former-director of the Paço, this makes of the edifÃcio To a basic núcleo for the agreement of a tipologia of civil architecture in the princÃpios of séc. XVI and in séc. XVIIIÂ.

With excepção of it would set and the goldsmithery, espaço in £o this ¡ organized in the traditional ficos molds museogrà ¡. Veis thousands of note ¡ peças meet spread by the rooms, for the real rooms, the chapel, the kitchen. They meet, funçã thus, entailed what they exerted in the inhabited espaços. However, some ticas rooms são subject ¡. Prominence for two: the furniture ¡ river português of sécs. XVI the XVIII and the tapeçarias flamengas and Frenchmen of sécs. XVI the XVIII.

In the kitchen a battery with 600 peças of copper. In the floor you the ©rreo meets in the rooms of would set optimum set português of firearms, cutting weapons and armors, since séc. XV.

In the old cocheira, in imediações of the Paço, a department of the National Museum of the Coches functions, with one colecção, if in £o more valuable, at least more diversified. Between the 70 veÃculos gala covered carts meet, coches in golden cut and até with incrustações in silver, but também transports utilità ¡ rivers, berlindas and liteiras, two chars-à - bancs únicos in the world and the covered cart that D carried. Carlos I the height from the regicÃdio.

The medieval castle, that também was paço before construção of the visor ¡ rutting, lodges one recent Museum of the Caça. Monumental colecção of 1500 peças. Of which 350 são weapons. ‰ one espà ³ lio of the Engº Lopo de Carvalho, the one that if together an excellent quantity of weapons of the Guiné, Angola and Moçambique offered to the D. Carlos. In the Street Dr. Manuel de Arriaga, You appeal Rabbit produces terrinas, molheiras and frames in I tin, using you the ©cnicas of the húngaros malteses.

In this real village in £o esqueçthe Convent of the Capuchos and the churches first, of the rdia Misericà ³, nio Antà Saint ³ and S. João Evangelista, all of séc. XVI.

Let us break for ours prà ³ ximo destination: Juromenha. Lost its estratégica importância with the fall of Olivença, this ¡ today reduced to a village of scarce inhabitants.

But old fortificações, modified in sécs. XVII, still they testify the power of the old praça-fort and são visit point obrigatà ³ river.

It is followed for Alandroal, with its curious tower of relà ³ gio, in the tower of house arrest under bail of the castle. A village tranquila to ask for calm visits pé. Terà ¡ been established in 1298 for the Order of Avis. Conserve, além of the castle, the first church, of traça quinhentista. The Restaurant the é Maria the great mica referência gastronà ³. Terena também conserves the medieval castle. The high part of the village this ¡ preserved. Narrow streets, casinhas caiadas and with flowers. The ideal stroll for an afternoon end. If they will be hours to eat or to sleep, the Migas and the House of Terena decide more than satisfactorily the problem. About 120 meters, the Good church-ortaleza of New (séc. XVI), important place of peregrinação during the Age ME the ©dia.

For east the Barrage of the Lucefecit and santuà ¡ river Endovélico.

Close de Monsaraz, term of this day, places S. Peter of the Corval: hà ¡ pottery sets of ten, each one with its histà ³ laughs. João Saints likes to use its papoilas and malmequeres that its woman painted, while the brother-in-law Manuel Conde, if dedicates to the alentejanos reasons. Manuel Infant goes innovating natures € “ deceased, deserving still it has detached the potteries Beijinho and Hélio.

Monsaraz valley over all for the urban set, that if extends of the medieval época até séc. XIX, conserved well. Next to the village, in sopé of the mount, the Convent Mrs. of Prayed (séc. XVIII), of medieval origin, currently reconverted into turÃstico lodging.

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