BATALHA
N 39.65825; W 8.82244
Batalha (Portuguese battle) is a small Portuguese town (Vila). It had 8,548 inhabitants (2011).
It is known for the eponymous monastery Batalha, the Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória. It was built from the 14th to the 16th centuries and added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983. The Grutas da Moeda caves are also located in the district.
Batalha is located about 10 km south of the district capital Leiria, about 20 km west of the pilgrimage site Fátima, and about 120 km north of the capital Lisbon. Much of the district is covered by forests, especially spruce and cork oak.
Batalha is the administrative seat of a district of the same name (concelho) in the Leiria district. At 2011 the district had 15,805 inhabitants on an area of 103.4 km².
The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Leiria, Vila Nova de Ourém, Alcanena and Porto de Mós.
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