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City in the Lower Alentejo, Portugal
Photo: Georges Jansoone, CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
Beja is a city in Portugal with a population of 36,000 people (2011). It stands on the summit of a high hill surrounded by beautiful and fertile valleys under cultivation, as the district is rich in agricultural products, mainly cereals, olive oil, and wine.
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A medieval castle with a tower, fortifications, and landscaped gardens.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição e Museu Rainha Dona Leonor
The city museum is housed in the former Convent of Beja. The convent was founded in 1495. The museum has a very surprising collection of ancient art, among other things.
Agriculture, livestock, handicraft and tourism fair/expo.
Jorge Vieira's sculptures in a permanent collection.
Roman Villa of Pisões
Culture house
Archaeological museum
Includes a set of archaeological structures that provide a glimpse into some moments in the city's history and how the area evolved.
The oldest remains, some ceramic fragments, point to occupation of this site dating back to the 3rd millennium BC.
Nucleo visigótico do Museu Regional de Beja
One of the oldest churches in the city of Beja, it hosts a museum project that is part of an important collection from the Visigothic period. The Church of Santo Amaro is one of the oldest in the city of Beja, pointing many authors to a paleochristian foundation of this temple; more recent studies point to a dating from the tenth century, in the middle of the Islamic era, built by the Mozarabic community of Beja. The church underwent successive renovations over time, which gave rise to the current building, from the fifteenth/sixteenth centuries. In the 90s of the last century, the monument hosted a museum project related to the Visigothic era. It is considered, by some authors, as the most significant collection of the Visigothic period in Portugal
Regional cooking, grilled meats and sausages.
25 km from Beja, has 78 bedrooms, 3 junior suites and gives you access to a range of entertainment activities, mini-golf, hiking, four-wheel motorcycle or bicycle riding, water sports (paddle boating and sailing), duck shooting, and Portuguese bull-tackling bravado in the riding stable or arena. Booking online.
In the 13th-century Franciscan Convent the historical centre of Beja is a luxury hotel.
Five-star, 6-unit country-house hotel with two swimming pools, sauna, bar, free breakfast, free Wi-Fi, and free parking.
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South - IP2 from Ourique and Castro Verde or EN 122 from Mertola.
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