Piodão is a parish of Arganil. The village of Piódão, is located on the slopes of Serra do Açor(Açor Mountain Range). The dwellings are traditional shale walls, ceiling covered with slabs and wooden doors and windows painted blue. The aspect that artificial light gives it overnight in conjunction by the provision of houses, made received […]
Wamba, The Last Great King of the Visigoths The Castle in Vila Velha de Ródão although its original building is traditionally attributed to Wamba (672-680), the last great king of the Visigoths, more modern authors believe that the structure can be traced back to a watchtower from the time of the Muslim invasion of the […]
The marranos that have been living in Belmonte are sometimes referred to as the “Belmonte Jews.” They are a community that has survived in secrecy for hundreds of years by maintaining a tradition of endogamyand by hiding all the external signs of their faith. The community in the municipality of Belmonte, Cova da Beira subregion, Portugal, goes back to the 12th century […]
New Christian or convert was the name given in Portugal, Spain and Brazil to Jews and Muslims converted to Christianity, in contrast to the Old Christians. There have always been ethnic and religious minorities in Portugal, being Jews, Moors and later Roma, the most significant contingent. The first probably prior to the invasions of the […]
