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Montemor-o-Novo (Portuguese pronunciation: [mõtɨˈmɔɾ u ˈnovu] ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437, [1] in an area of 1232.97 km 2. [2] The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001. [3] The present mayor is Olímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão, elected in 2021 by the Socialist Party.
In 711, the Arab occupation of the Iberian Peninsula began. Montemor-o-Velho, a fluvial-maritime port of great importance at the time, was the target of conquests and reconquests throughout the 9th to the 12th centuries: in 848 the first Christian reconquest of Montemor was made by king Ramiro I of León, who gave the castle to abbot João, who resisted in the same year the siege made by the ...
In 1203 Montemor-o-Novo was granted a charter so this is likely the time period when the castle was built, and then in 1310 Denis of Portugal further fortified the castle as did the mayor João de Bragança during the 14th century. [1] It is classified as a National Monument since 1951. [2]
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The Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (Portuguese: Castelo de Montemor-o-Velho) is a Portuguese castle in the civil parish of Montemor-o-Velho e Gatões, municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, district of Coimbra. It has been listed as a national monument since 1910. It is older than Portugal's nationality (1139).