Castro Verde

Castro Verde (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʃtɾu ˈveɾð(ɨ)]) is one of the towns in Castro Verde Municipality. It has 3.819 inhabitants.

It is very likely with the arrival of the Romans to the region for nearly two thousand years, which gives the commencement of the occupation of Castro Verde. Traditionally, its toponym, "Castrum Veteris" (here associated with the installation of a Roman military camp) comes to him exactly that rich period for the History of the whole region, but which continues the economic structure since around 1000 BC brought pastoral communities in the region and miners in search of rich pasture and field outcrops Metallic and White Pyrite Belt.

The town of Castro Verde gained charter of King Manuel I, on September 20, 1510, but the municipality is definitely not drafted in the mid-nineteenth century.

The architectural level is to highlight in particular the religious heritage, including the Royal Basilica or Church, built in 1713, whose interior is all covered with polychrome painted tiles, depicting the legendary Battle of Ourique, where it is installed on the museum site Treasury called the Royal Basilica. Right near this church, at the beginning of the Rua D. Afonso I, is another place of worship dedicated to Our Lady of Remedios Church of Wounds of the Saviour, where you can visit some eighteenth-century paintings. The Museum of Lucerne is another centre for the dissemination of the heritage of Castro Verde to visit it.

Castro Verde is best known for its secular Wednesday October: Fair of Castro. The biggest fair of the South Works as a business centre for neighbouring counties and receives thousands of visitors who come here to live the last great fair of the South Of medieval origin, has Philip II in his big booster, when in 1620, decreed that the proceeds of the fair are used in works of the Church of the Wounds of the Saviour.

Being the county seat and reside here for over 50% of its population, Castro Verde is equipped with a set of infrastructure of municipal interest. The town's population growth in recent years, more development districts, which regards the "urbanization of the South" as well as new leisure spaces, which reflect the concern of urban environmental value, where public art has a role.