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Watch this video before visiting MOURA | ALENTEJO | PORTUGAL

In this video I try to summarize the most important aspects of this Alentejo town full of history. Its hill with a castle of Muslim origin has springs of thermal water, which makes this village a kind of Oasis in the Alentejo plain. Its mother church built in the first period of the Manueline style, and the visit to the Mouraria neighborhood with its single-story whitewashed houses and flowers on the facades are another important point in the visit to this town. 00:00 Introduction 00:21 the name Moura and the legend of Moura Salúquia who threw herself from the tower after losing her beloved Muslim, killed by a Christian knight. 00:49 the coat of arms of the village of Moura and the legend of Moura Salúquia 01:10 The past of the castle since the Iron Age, the thermal springs inside the castle 01:36 Exploitation of thermal water from 1899. The building of the Spa and the Fountain of the three spouts 02:07 The Reconquista and the division of the walled space with Towers and walls. Urban growth outside the walls. 02:16 Location of the outskirts of Mouraria and Matriz de S.João Baptista 02:40 Location of the Carmo Convent founded by the Order of Malta in 1251 03:00 The castle and its Alcaçova with archaeological zones showing Islamic structures 04:00 The ruins of the Convent of S.Domingos of the Dominican nuns 04:20 Location of the old Casa da Roda, where abandoned children were delivered 04:23 Porta da Alcaçova, Torre de Menagem and the Church of S.Domingos 06:02 Casa da Roda supported by the Municipality to take care of abandoned children 06:34 Post Reconquista urban evolution, seen from the air, and the need for a new Mother Church 06:58 Mother Church of S.João Baptista 07:40 Apse of the Church of S.João Baptista 09:04 Largo do Pelourinho 09:49 Streets of the old suburb that emerged during the 15th and 16th centuries 10:14 am Rua da Capinha Rota 10:46 Largo Dr. Rodrigues 10:50 Rua Associação SM Santana e Costa 11:32 Rua das Mollejas, one of the favourites, notice the flowers and the quality of the architecture 12:29 Rua 5 de Outubro, a street full of imposing urban mansions, one of them baroque 13:12 Largo Gago Coutinho, Hotel de Moura in the building of the former Convent of S.João de Deus 14:03 Rua da Porta Nova, next door is the old Olive Oil Mill, now the Olive Oil Museum 14:22 Rua da Vista Alegre: start of the route through the old Mouraria neighborhood 14:34 Bica de Santa Comba 14:40 First street of Mouraria 15:53 Second street of Mouraria 15:59 Largo da Mouraria 16:19 Travessa da Mouraria 16:35 Third street of Mouraria Video location map, to plan your holidays and weekends: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi...