Monsanto (Idanha-a-Nova)
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Monsanto is a Portuguese
freguesia
in Idanha-a-Nova
, with 131.76 km² and 1,160 inhabitants (2001). Density: 8.8 hab/km². It was the principal town of the concelho between 1174 and the beginning of the 19th century.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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...
in Idanha-a-Nova
Idanha-a-Nova
Idanha-a-Nova is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 1,416.4 km² and a total population of 10,929 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 17 parishes and is located in the district of Castelo Branco....
, with 131.76 km² and 1,160 inhabitants (2001). Density: 8.8 hab/km². It was the principal town of the concelho between 1174 and the beginning of the 19th century.
Places
- Castelo de MonsantoCastelo de MonsantoCastelo de Monsanto is a castle in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument....
- Capela de São Pedro de Vir à Corça o Capela de São Pedro de Vira-Corça
- Estação arqueológica romana de São Lourenço
- Aldeia Velha de Monsanto
- Pelourinho de Monsanto
- Torre de Lucano
- Capela da Senhora da Azenha
- Capela da Senhora do Pé da Cruz
- Capela de Santa Maria do Castelo
- Capela de Santo António
- Capela de São José
- Capela de São Miguel do Castelo
- Capela de São Sebastião
- Capela do Espírito Santo
- Fonte Ferreiro
- Igreja da Misericórdia de Monsanto
- Igreja Matriz de Monsanto or Igreja de São Salvador
- Solar da Família do Marquês da Graciosa (Posto de Turismo do Monsanto)
- Solar da Família Melo or Solar dos Condes de Monsanto
- Solar da Família Pinheiro or Solar da Fonte do Mono
- Solar dos Priores de Monsanto