Alandroal
Endovelicus is a deity Iron Age worshiped in pre-Roman Lusitania. God of medicine and security, both solar and chthonic character, after the Roman invasion his cult spread throughout most of the Roman Empire, subsisting through its identification with Aesculapius or Asclepius, but has always remained popular in the Iberian Peninsula , more specifically in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
