Arco da Memória

This trail winds around the village, where a wide variety of features can be observed. The black oak and cerquinho oak forests, the scrubland, agricultural land, water sources, traditional architecture, the terrain, and the landscape’s division into distinct sections, among other features. These are highlights of the trail, which culminates at the Arco da Memória, an important landmark marking the boundary of the lands granted by Afonso Henriques to the Cistercian monks.

Lagoa Pequena: Lagoa Pequena is one example of the several in the region designed to store rainwater used to support early settlements, as watering holes for animals and livestock, and for domestic use.

Windmills: Blessed with this natural feature, the municipality is home to numerous windmills scattered throughout its territory. True engineering marvels of yesteryear, they played an important role in the daily and agricultural lives of the peasants. Today, they are, essentially, an element that enriches the landscape.

Arch of Memory: Built in the parish of Arrimal by the Cistercian monks to mark the hunting grounds donated by D. Afonso Henriques, the arch—4 meters high, 3.62 meters wide, and 103 centimeters thick—still stands today as a testament to the administrative divisions of the past.

Arrabal Chapel: A chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist, with an annual festival on June 24.