Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Capela do Calvário

Excavations prove that the village has been inhabited for over 4000 years. Later, the Romans left behind traces. After the fall of the Roman province of Lusitania, the place was part of the Visigothic Empire, to become part of Arab al-Andalus after the Moorish invasion. In the course of the Reconquista, the town was taken from the Arabs in 1233 and bequeathed to the Order of Santiago in 1234. This chapel was built in the 17th century. It was originally located in another place and had been moved to the present site at the end of the 19th century. It has a circular shape, with a dome-shaped vault, decorated with protrusions of irregular stones. At the top of the dome is a hexagonal lantern, topped by a Latin cross.