20110112 monsanto portugal
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Al sureste de la Serra da Estrela se encuentra el encantador
Monsanto, una antigua aldea fortificada en la ladera de una
montaña. Con casas atrapadas entre rocas gigantescas, es un
espectáculo impresionante.
Un auténtico pueblo portugués construido entre rocas gigantescas
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El aglomerado de casas se extiende cuesta arriba, aprovechando pedruscos de
granito para sus paredes y, en algunos casos, un único bloque de piedra forma el
tejado, razón por la que aquí se dice que las casas son de "una sola teja".
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Entre las casas sobresale la Torre de Lucano (siglo XIV)
rematada por un gallo de plata, trofeo atribuido a
Monsanto en un concurso nacional celebrado
en 1938, en el que fue distinguida como “la aldea más portuguesa de
Portugal”
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Su aspecto no ha cambiado en siglos, con callejuelas talladas en la roca. Algunas de las
casas de granito con portadas de estilo manuelino y las ruinas de un castillo que
comenzó como un asentamiento fortificado lusitano, que ofrecen magníficas vistas.
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Junto al castillo se encuentran las ruinas de una capilla románica, sumándose a
la hermosa atmósfera obsesionante.
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La difícil subida hasta el castillo se ve compensada por uno de los más
espectaculares miradores de la región.
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En este baluarte de guerra se sepultaban, en rocas excavadas,
los valerosos caballeros en tiempos de la
Reconquista Cristiana.
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Son típicas unas muñecas de tela realizadas a partir
de una cruz de madera, se llaman Marafonas da Santa
Cruz y simbolizan a una diosa de la fertilidad, no tiene ni ojos ni boca y se pone en la cama de los recién casados para dar
"suerte".
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