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Due to the historical involvement with the estuary of the River Sado and the proximity of the ports of Setúbal and Sesimbra, the gastronomy of this region has a strong use of fish-based dishes and products that develop favorably in the climate of region. Indeed, it was the proximity of their fish supply an important […]
Troia was a Lusitanian-Roman station located in the peninsula of the same name, at the end of the parish of Carvalhal in Grândola, right in front of Setubal. The cetárias, or fish salting tanks, stretched even in 1858 a distance of 4 km, according to Carlos Ribeiro. Thus concludes that once there stood an […]
The Convent of Our Lady of Arrábida, which belonged to the Franciscan Province of Arrábida, is half hidden among the trees in the south of the Sierra de Arrábida side, facing the sea. This construction of the 16th century was once a Franciscan convent. Is now included in the Arrábida Natural Park. The five round […]
The Mua Stone Natural Monument is a natural monument created in 1997 (Decree No. 20/97) 1 in Sesimbra and from 2005 became part of the limits of the Arrábida Natural Park and consisting of tracks with Sauropods footprints.
The Marine Prof. Park Luiz Saldanha is the marine reserve area of the Natural Park of Arrábida. Established in 1976, covers about 53 square kilometers corresponding to the 38 km of coast between the beach and the Figueirinha Cape Espichel. It is an area with a unique natural wealth at national and European level, where […]
Are registered in the Arrábida Natural Park a considerable number of species, a total of 213 vertebrate: 8 amphibians, 16 reptiles, 154 birds and 35 mammals. Is the only point of the Portuguese coast where nests the rare Bonelli’s Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) Among the mammals include the fox (Vulpes vulpes), the weasel (Mustela nivalis), the […]
The Arrábida Natural Park, founded in 1976, with an approximate area of 10 800 hectares, protecting the maquis vegetation born this Mediterranean type microclimate with similarities to the Adriatic regions such as Dalmatia. The fauna is diverse, although it has undergone major changes since the nineteenth century. By the early twentieth century it was still […]
The Shrine of Our Lady of the Cape Espichel alias (Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mua Stone) is located in Cabo Espichel Sesimbra municipality. In the mid-fourteenth century, a chapel was built to save an image of the Virgin, venerated long on top of the cliff where it was found. Around it grew modests homes […]
At the time of the Christian Reconquest of the Iberian peninsula after the conquest of Lisbon (1147) possession of this region fluctuated between Muslims and Christians. Weakly manned, the fortification of Sesimbra was initially taken by the forces of King Afonso Henriques (1112-1185) on February 21, 1165, that have carried out repairs and reinforcements in […]
