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Website. www.cm-santarem.pt. Santarém (European Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃tɐˈɾɐ̃j] ⓘ) is a Portuguese city and municipality located in the district of Santarém. The population of the historic Ribatejo capital in 2021 was 58,671, [1][2] in an area of 552.54 km 2. [2][3] The population of the city proper was 29,929 in 2012.
Reliquary displaying the relics of the Eucharistic miracle of Santarém. The Eucharistic miracle of Santarém, also called the Most Holy Miracle (Portuguese: Santíssimo Milagre), is one of the most famous and recognized eucharistic miracles in the world, which occurred in Santarém, Portugal, in the 13th century, and is still the object of national and international veneration today.
The District of Santarém (Portuguese: Distrito de Santarém [sɐ̃tɐˈɾɐ̃j] ⓘ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal 's Centro Region. The district capital is the city of Santarém. The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of 6,747 km 2 (2,605 sq mi), and a population of 475,344 inhabitants, giving it a ...
The town passed hands in control, eventually to the Almohad Caliphate.In the midst of the Christian Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, Portuguese forces under the command of King Afonso I of Portugal, the first king of Portugal (1112-1185) seized the village and surrounding on 15 March 1147 by surprise in an assault night in the Conquest of Santarém.
On the night of 14 March, King Afonso and his army arrived at Santarém [2] and hid ladders in the fields. [1] Before dawn the next morning, 25 knights scaled the walls, killed the Moorish sentries and forced their way to the gate, allowing the main Portuguese army to enter the city. [2]
Tomar (Portuguese pronunciation: [tuˈmaɾ] ⓘ), also known in English as Thomar (the ancient name of Tomar), [1] is a city and a municipality in the Santarém district of Portugal. The town proper has a population of about 20,000. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, [2] in an area of 351.20 km 2 (135.60 sq mi). [3]