A contemporary of King Manuel I, who granted the town a new charter in 1512, and being one of the best preserved in Portugal, the Pillory is built on eight steps, has a spiral shaft topped by a capital with heraldic symbols and is topped by five spiral pinnacles.
Based in Murça, the winery is part of a social area that covers the parishes of Murça, Noura and Candedo. As the vineyard is the base of the local economy, it covers approximately 1,500 hectares of the region. The awards obtained in national and international competitions for its red, white and Port wines are proof of recognition for this company's products with quality certification.
Opened in 2009, the Crasto de Palheiros Interpretive Center is located in the rocky outcrop of the castro itself and is intended to provide shelter for visitors as well as the information necessary for a guided tour of the archaeological station.
The Crasto de Palheiros, or Fragada do Castro, is an imposing quartzite ridge that was carved and built by the populations of that region of the Trás-os-Montes Hot Land between the beginning of the third millennium BC and present times.
Shrouded in popular legends and its origin or purpose not known for certain, Porca de Murça (Murça´s Female Pig) is an unequivocal symbol of the town, even giving its name to well-known region's wines. It is a zoomorphic stone sculpture from protohistoric times and is thought to be a votive statue to sacred animals.
Very nice restaurant, with a whole room in glass and some walls in shale. For its features, allows you to glimpse the excellent scenery over the vineyards and the mountains. Provides regional cuisine with homemade touch where they are used the products of the region.
