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Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Santiago do Cacém is a municipality in Baixo Alentejo in Portugal.
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Built by the Moors, it was taken by the Templars in 1157, to be lost in 1185 and recovered, the following year, by the Order of Santiago da Espada.
Mother Church
The church, attached to the castle of Santiago do Cacém, was founded in the 13th century by the Order of Santiago. Over the years it has undergone several reconstructions. The church is home to the Treasury of the Collegiate of Santiago, nucleus of the Museum of Sacred Art of Santiago do Cacém.
Miróbrica dos Célticos
An ancient Roman city built on the site of an ancient settlement from the Iron Age that had existed since the 9th century BC. With Roman colonization, it developed into the commercial area around the forum. The spas, among the best preserved in Portugal, are made up of two adjacent buildings, possibly one for the male and one for the female, respectively. Residential areas are still little known. Relatively close to the thermal baths, there is a bridge with a single semicircular arch. The racecourse is the only one completely known in Portuga and is located farther from the centre.
In addition to the safari, the park features African rafting, a primate island, an exotic bird garden, a carnivorous bird presentation, lemur interaction, and several others, including "VIP" experiences at premium prices.
Regional Alentejan cuisine with retro decor.
Local ingredients form the basis of their dishes.
This nature hotel has a beautiful chapel and it's encircled in a landscape crossed by a refreshing river, with terraced gardens and a swimming pool where the former watering reservoir used to be.
The A26 motorway (Autoestrada do Baixo Alentejo, also signed IC33) serves Santiago. It runs between Beja and Sines and meets the A2 motorway (Autoestrada do Sul), which provides access from Lisbon and the Algarve.
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