Lower Alentejo - Basso Alentejo

Lower Alentejo
Wheat field in the lower Alentejo
Location
Lower Alentejo - Location
StatePortugal
CapitalBeja
Surface 8 505 km²
Inhabitants135 105 (2001)

Lower Alentejo (or Baixo Alentejo) is one of the two territories that make up the region Portuguese ofAlentejo.

To know


Territories and tourist destinations

Urban centers

  • Beja - Capital of the Lower Alentejo, Beja has a remarkable artistic heritage comparable to that of Èvora but it is much less popular.
  • Alvito - A pretty village of 2,500 inhabitants, a fiefdom of the da Silveira barons who endowed it with Manueline-style palaces. The baronial castle is now a luxury hotel.
  • Moura - Town with a neighborhood inhabited by the Moors (Mouraria) until 1496.
  • Mértola - Known as Myrtilis in Roman times, Mértola is a village of white houses dominated by a medieval castle.
  • Serpa - Medieval village amidst extensive vineyards formerly the capital of the Roman province of southern Lusitania (Pacensis).


How to get


How to get around


What see

  • 1 Ruínas romanas de Pisões. 


What to do


At the table


Safety


Other projects

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