Segundo dados históricos, a origem das queijadas de Sintra remonta ao século XIII, durante o reinado de D. Sancho II, sendo um meio de pagamento de foros. O local exato terá sido Ranholas, na freguesia de São Pedro de Penaferrim. Com o desenvolvimento do caminho-de-ferro a sua confeção deixou de se concentrar nesta localidade, passando também a ser comercializadas em Lisboa, que ajudou na sua industrialização, pelas mãos de uma senhora chamada Maria Sapa, em meados do século XVIII.

Corresponding to a typology of monument that only six copies in Portugal, the decor features used on this memorial are its construction in the mid-13TH century. Originally located along the road that came from the medieval port and crossed the parish of Paço de Sousa, was moved from its original position due to the transformation of the road network. It is thought that this type of construction is related to the placement of graves, the evocation of memory of someone or with the passage of funeral processions. Legend has it that this memorial, in conjunction with those of Sobrado (Castelo …

According to tradition, the name of the square due to a battle fought between the inhabitants of the port and the Saracens of Al-Mansur, in that the former were defeated and the town razed. This square was also the scene of other historical events. The architectural and monumental level include the old cinema Eagle Douro, the cinema Batalha, the coffee Gold key, the Hotel Empire and the Grande Hotel da Battle. Deserve, too, a watchful eye, the building of the s. João theatre and the old Central station post office, Telegraphs and telephones, coat and dated from the 18th century. …

O espaço da Adega dos Frades surge como se fosse uma extensão do Mosteiro da Batalha, a poucos metros de distância. Uma homenagem a uma das salas mais importantes do monumento, o claustro D. João I, como se fosse um local onde os frades trocassem as orações pelas refeições. A cozinha cuidada incorpora surpresas como a pasta de chícharo (uma leguminosa recentemente reabilitada pela região), a entremeada recheada de enchidos, o risotto de cogumelos selvagens ou o duo de cabrito e borrego com risotto de favas.

In the heart of the town, in a large square, stands this imposing medieval castle, with a quadrangular plan and protected by cylindrical cubes, crowned with battlements, Gothic portals and a tall square keep. This, around 44 meters high, has a hall with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. At the entrance to the fortress, an armored marble tombstone inscribes the record of the castle's foundation, in 1359, by King Pedro I. At that time it was constituted as a defensive articulation with Estremoz, Fronteira, Évora Monte, Avis, Alter Pedroso, Marvão and Portalegre. King João I, Master of Avis, made Nuno Álvares Pereira …

Four-pointed bastioned fortress with medieval-type walls and a redan. The ruins of the medieval fortification are visible in the central area, isolated walls or with structures attached to them for the construction of artillery platforms. As examples of ruins of modern fortification, there are four redan with a guardhouse and traces of chimneys and niches. The fort's door mantains the portcullises of the drawbridge, and there is a cistern right in the center of the fortification. Some sections of the wall and from the barbican are monumentally beautiful. The first fortress dates back to the reign of King Afonso Henriques, …

Although founded in 1594, it was only in 1690 that stood the current building, with the earthquake of 1755 did collapse at the dome ship, later reconstructed. Simple architecture, the temple was built according to the typology national tea, preceeded by a staircase of various heights with a decorative fountain. Inside, nave, chancel covered by a vault in caissons, and the main altarpiece, a good example of Baroque season d. Pedro II. Part of the estate of the Church two beautiful sculptures, a 15th-century Ançã stone represents a Holy Bishop, and the other, of wood, represents a Lady of sorrows …

Monastery founded in the 12th century by D. Soeiro and his companions, initially obedient to the Rule of S. Bento. Initially it was used as a male monastery of the Order of Cistercians. The favor of the people and the patronage of the kings who, to their protection, made it a Royal Monastery, brought the growth of the house and its assets. The following parts stand out in its architecture: the medieval tower built between the 12th and 15th centuries with its three floors of cellar and granary, today relatively well-preserved; the monastic buildings from the 18th century that had, …

The castle walls remain, two doors (of the village and the Santarém) and some towers. The old Palace is a monumental residential tower of the 15th century. Plant composed of rectangular main body and two turrets inserted on the wall of the village. The curtain wall that unites the turrets, crowned by way of round, is torn by arched door broken abroad, down inside. Without cover, are visible in the interior, where Corbels supporting the beams of the floors and ceilings. Still inside the enclosure, there is a large cistern. The Muslim Castle would have been conquered by the King …

Ordered to build by d. Mafalda, daughter of King Sancho I in the 13th century, the Church of the Savior of Gândara (as was previously known) is, according to various experts, a modest copy of the Church of Cedofeita, Porto, in particular at the level of decoration, which attests to the roaming of the Romanesque artists in this region of the country. From the 17TH century, this Church also begins to be known as Santa head, due to a skull kept in silver reliquary and exposed in altar, said to belong to a single unknown, and which assigns followed qualities. …