Porto de Mós

It is believed that the occupation of the site dates back to prehistory, according to ceramic fragments recovered by archaeological research. From the period of Roman occupation, when the first defense of the village is believed to date, coins were collected and Latin inscriptions were identified in two stonework. This primitive defense would have been increased in the following centuries, successively by Visigoths and Muslims.
At the time of the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, with the forces of D. Afonso Henriques (1112-85) advancing to the Tagus river line, Porto de Mós became a strategic point in the defense of Leiria and Coimbra. Conquered in 1148, tradition refers to the illustrious D. Fuas Roupinho as its Mayor. A short time later, the Moors reconquered this castle, and D. Fuas managed to escape and then retake it definitively.