The Pottery Museum, located in the former monastery of St. António – St.Anthony, is assumed as one of extreme importance in equipment preservation and revitalization of traditional pottery of Redondo. In the Pottery Museum, visitors can follow the historical course of Redondense pottery as well as enjoy and acquire pieces representative of the various ways […]
The Redondo Wine Museum, open to the public in September 2001, was designed as a starting point for discovering the Alentejo and its winemaking tradition. The museum’s permanent estate, part agricultural tools, objects, images and text associated with the art of wine making, favoring the ceramic material, characteristic of this production center of ceramic that […]
Redondo has traces of very ancient civilizations, dating from 3500. C., as evidenced, for example, the tapir Vidígueira. In 1250, received its first charter by King Afonso III, in 1318 this charter was renewed by D. Dinis and in 1516 had new Charter granted by King Manuel I. With regard to the historical and monumental […]
The Castle of Terena, Alentejo, located in the village and parish of the same name, municipality of Alandroal, Évora District, Portugal. Dominant on top of a hill, he joined the Guadiana river line of defense along with the castles of Juromenha, Alandroal, Monsaraz and Mourão. The oldest documented information on the village date back to […]
Castle of Esporão, also referred to as Tower of the Esporão, located in the parish, town and municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, Évora District, Portugal. Considered as one of the most important towers built during the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern age, is in the old manor house on the homestead of […]
Built under the reign of King Dinis (1279-1325), according to epigraphic inscription on one of the doors, its first stone was laid on February 6, 1294 by D. Afonso Lourenço, Master of the Order of Avis. A second entry in elevation west of the Keep (now integrated in the Church of Treasure Room Matrix), announces […]
The Chapel of the Good News, also known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Good News, is located in the town of Terena (São Pedro), Alandroal municipality, district and the Archdiocese of Évora. This is a very old Marian shrine, judging that may result from the pagan cults of Christianization, as close to the […]
Monsaraz is a parish in the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz. Former county seat for the first time in 1838 and moved definitely in 1851 for the then Reguengos village of Monsaraz, today the city. Do not confuse Reguengos de Monsaraz with Monsaraz. Are two distinct locations separated by about 15 kilometers. The Monsaraz […]
Also known as Fonte da Pedra - Stone Source, dates back to 1827. The source is flanked by two doors that allow access to the back.
The Lóios Convent, also known as the Convent of St. John the Evangelist was built in the fifteenth century on the remains of a medieval castle, having been severely damaged during the 1755 earthquake. It is a set of rectangular shape that develops around a cloister of two floors, the ground floor of Gothic-Manueline style […]
