Batalha
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Batalha Municipality, Portugal
Batalha Municipality is located in Leiria District, Pinhal Litoral Subregion, Centro Region, Portugal. The seat is Batalha, Portugal.-See also:* Batalha...
in Leiria District, Pinhal Litoral Subregion, Centro Region, with 7,500 inhabitants.
It is the seat of the municipality of the same name with 103.56 km² of area and 15,002 inhabitants (2001), subdivided into 4 parishes (freguesia
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
s: Batalha, Golpilheira, Reguengo do Fetal and Sao Mamede. The municipality is limited to the North and West by the municipality of Leiria
Leiria
Leiria is a city in Leiria Municipality in the Centro Region, Portugal. It is the capital of Leiria District. The city proper has 50,200 inhabitants and the entire municipality has nearly 120,000...
, to the East by Vila Nova de Ourém, to the Southeast by Alcanena
Alcanena
Alcanena is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 127 km² and a total population of 14,709 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of ten parishes, and is located in Santarém District....
and to the Southwest by Porto de Mós
Porto de Mós
Porto de Mós is a town in Porto de Mós Municipality in Portugal....
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The town was founded by King D. João I of Portugal, jointly with the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória na Batalha, to pay homage to the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota
Battle of Aljubarrota
The Battle of Aljubarrota was a battle fought between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile on 14 August 1385. Forces commanded by King John I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira, with the support of English allies, opposed the army of King John I of Castile with its...
(August 14, 1385) that put an end to the 1383-1385 crisis.
The Portuguese professor and sociologist Moisés Espírito Santo was born there.
Monuments
- Batalha Monastery
- Estátua Equestre de Sao Nuno de Santa Maria (1966 - 1968)
- Igreja Matriz de Exaltaçao de Santa Cruz (1514 - 1532)
- Capela da Santa Casa da Misericórdia (18th century)
- Ponte da Boutaca (1862)
- Pelourinho (2000 - reconstrucao do pelourinho original)
- Edifício Mouzinho de Albuquerque - Galeria de Exposiçoes
- Capela de Nossa Senhora do Caminho
- Boca da Mina das Barrojeiras
- Igreja Paroquial Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
- Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Fetal
- Moinhos de Vento
Natural heritage
- Grutas da Moeda
- Maciço Calcário Estremenho
- Buraco Roto
- Pia da Ovelha
- Escarpa de falha do Reguengo do Fetal