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Monsaraz, Portugal

Monsaraz is a civil parish and municipal seat of the municipality of the Reguengos de Monsaraz, on the right margin of the Guadiana River in Portuguese Alentejo region, near its border with Spain.

Due to its geographic position, the hilltop of Monsaraz always occupied an important place in the history of the municipality, having been occupied by different peoples since the pre-historical record. It’s one of the oldest Portuguese settlements of the southern Portugal, occupied since pre-history, whose examples of permanent habitation include hundreds of megalithic monuments. These include the neolithic remains of: Anta do Olival da Pega, Bulhôa Menhir, Rocha dos Namorados Menhir and Outeiro Menhir. The hill, on which the main settlement is locate, was a pre-historic fortification, or castro, that was the basis of pre-Roman occupation and funerary temples, carved from the local rock.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsaraz_%28parish%29

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Monsaraz é uma freguesia portuguesa do concelho de Reguengos de Monsaraz, com 88,29 km² de área e 782 habitantes (2011). Densidade: 8,9 h/km².

Antiga sede de concelho, transferida pela primeira vez em 1838 e definitivamente em 1851 para a então vila de Reguengos de Monsaraz, hoje cidade. É importante não confundir Reguengos de Monsaraz com Monsaraz. São duas localidades distintas separadas por cerca de 15 quilómetros.

A vila de Monsaraz foi conquistada aos mouros, em 1167, pelos homens de Geraldo Sem Pavor. O primeiro foral veio a ser concedido por D. Afonso III, em 15 de Janeiro de 1276. O castelo de Monsaraz desempenhou ao longo dos séculos o papel de sentinela do Guadiana, vigiando a fronteira com Castela. A vila chegou a administrar três freguesias: a Matriz de Santa Maria da Lagoa, Santiago e São Bartolomeu.

Foi sede do concelho até 1838, quando esta função passou para a freguesia de Reguengos.

pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsaraz

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