Monday, 2 November 2020

ALCOBAÇA (PORTUGAL)


ALCOBAÇA

N 39.54807; W 8.97609

Alcobaça is a city in Portugal with 5699 inhabitants (2011). It is located in the Oeste sub-region and belongs to the historical province of Estremadura (administratively now Região Centro).
Although it is about 10 km away from the Atlantic, the Alcoa river only flows through the city at a height of a few meters above sea level. In the early Middle Ages, the sea extended as a lagoon from Pederneira to the gates of Alcobaça near Fervenca. The city has an area of ​​3.1 km². Alcobaça is the seat of the district of the same name (Município de Alcobaça) with 56,688 inhabitants and an area of ​​408.2 km², which extends between the Atlantic and the up to 613 m high Serra de Candeeiros mountains.
The old town is characterized by the monastery (Mosteiro de Alcobaça), which was added to the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage in 1989, and a castle. In the years 2004–2007 it was completely redesigned to a restricted traffic zone, whereby the monastery forecourt was also redesigned according to historical templates. The National Wine Museum (1968) is on the road to Aljubarrota.
Alcobaça is the seat of the district of the same name, the local self-government in Município de Alcobaça. The district (concelho) of Alcobaça belongs to the district of Leiria. In 2011 the district had 56,688 inhabitants on an area of ​​408.2 km².
The neighboring districts are Marinha Grande in the north, Leiria, Porto de Mós, Santarém and Rio Maior in the east, Caldas da Rainha in the southeast and Alcobaça surrounds Nazaré in the west and borders the Atlantic on both sides.

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