Monday 2 November 2020

ÓBIDOS (PORTUGAL)


ÓBIDOS

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Óbidos is a Portuguese village in the district of Leiria, located in the province of Estremadura integrating the Intermunicipal Community of the West in the Centro region, with about 2,200 inhabitants.
Headquarters of a municipality with 141.55 km² of area and 11 772 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 7 parishes. The municipality is limited to the northeast and east by the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, to the south by Bombarral, to the southwest by Lourinhã, to the west by Peniche and to the northwest by a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
In 2007, Óbidos Castle was declared by the contest the Seven Wonders of Portugal the second of the seven most relevant monuments of the Portuguese architectural heritage.
On December 11, 2015, UNESCO considered Óbidos as a literary city, as part of the Creative Cities Network program.
The village is located north of Lisbon (88 km via A8) and southwest of Coimbra (138 km via A1 / A8).