Tuesday 27 October 2020

VALHELHAS (GUARDA - PORTUGAL)

 

VALHELHAS
40° 24' 26" N 7° 24' 11" W

Valhelhas is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Guarda, with an area of 15.66 km²[1] and 303 inhabitants (2021). Its population density is 19.3 inhabitants/km².
The place of Quinta do Brejo also belongs to this parish.
It belongs to the Aldeias de Montanha network.

Patrimony
Bridge over the Zêzere River of Roman origin
roman aras
Roman pavement
roman milestones
Valhelhas Castle
Pillory of Valhelhas - 1555
Mother Church of Santa Maria Maior - sacred in 1200 of the era of Caesar - 1162 of the era of Christ.
Chapel of the Divino Corpo Santo - 1503
Chapel of Santo Antão - 1577
Houses with coats of arms, namely those of Gouveia and Castro Senhores de Valhelhas and those of Fonseca Pacheco or Fonseca Osório Senhores do Morgado de Valhelhas