Santarem, Portugal News

The Almourol Castle seen from one of the river banks, while bellow a bunch of visitors makes the easy travel by boat to get there.

The Alentejo region of Portugal is called the "Breadbasket of Portugal" because of its variety of bread products made from all the wheat grown there.

Fulfilling a promise made to St. Bernard, King Alfonso I, after the taking of Santarem from the Moors in 1147, given the dominance of the monks cirtercienses Alcobaca.

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The Almonda is a Portuguese river which rises in the Serra de Aire. On its way 30 miles through the towns of Torres Novas and Golega which empties into the right bank of the Tagus.