Monsanto (Mons Sanctuns)
Friday, September 5th, 2008Known as the most Portuguese village in Portugal.
In the second century BC the settlement is said to have resisted a Roman siege for seven years.
In the 12th century, D. Afonso Henriques donated the settlement (which had been captured from the Moors) to the Order of the Templars, whose Master in Portugal, Gualdim Pais, ordered the castle to be rebuilt.
see the vídeo of “Monsanto” here