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Posted On: August 27th 2026, 02:29 pm
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2 months agob0lt0n
In 1938 Monsanto won a national competition for the “Most Portuguese Village in Portugal.” The prize was a silver rooster.
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Instead of clearing the enormous granite boulders to build the village, people ebuilt the houses around, underneath, and between them. Some houses have gigantic boulders forming parts of their walls or roofs
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The castle dates primarily to the 12th century, when Portugal’s first king, Afonso Henriques, gave Monsanto to the Knights Templar. The Templars developed the hilltop fortress as part of Portugal’s eastern frontier defenses
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