Portugal: Historic Villages |
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Obidos is a well-preserved 14th century fortified hill village, depending on tourism today. |
Sabugeiro is a working village built out of granite in northern Portugal. |
![]() Monsanto is built in and among granite boulders and is a very popular tourist destination. |
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Linhare is a restored 15th-century castle village in the granite Serra da Estrela, the highest range in Portugal (much of it over 5,000 feet). |
Piodao is the most striking of the schist and slate villages in the Serr de Acor.
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