Villarreal, Badajoz

Vila Real
Vila Real
Municipality
	Coordinates: 38°43′34.5″N 7°12′48.7″W / 38.726250°N 7.213528°W
Country	Disputed: Spain; Portugal;
Status within Spain	Extremadura
Status within Portugal	Alandroal
Population (2007)
• Total	87

Vila Real is a village located on the Guadiana river on the disputed section of the Portugal–Spain border, in front of the fortified villages of Juromenha and Alandroal. Historically it belonged not to the municipality of Olivença , but to Juromenha, and was called Aldeia da Ribeira. With the usurpation of Olivença, until the margin of the great river, the town was also annexed by Spain , having been incorporated in the municipality of Olivença.^[1]

History

In the thirteenth century, King Sancho I of Portugal awarded the village to the military Order of Aviz, with Gonçalo Viegas being the commander of the area.

References

^ Corographia portugueza e descripçam topographica do famoso Reyno de Portugal, Tomo II, page 626, Padre António Carvalho da Costa, 1708

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[Corographia-1] Corographia portugueza e descripçam topographica do famoso Reyno de Portugal, Tomo II, page 626, Padre António Carvalho da Costa, 1708

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