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On the slopes that connect the peak of Marão to the river Douro, marked by valleys "powerfully dug", where some water lines such as those of Ovil, Valadares, Zêzere, and Teixeira, draw one of the greenest municipalities of the region...
LAND OF FLAVOURS
The gastronomy of Baião is so special that even some people say that Eça de Queiroz fell in love with both the landscape of this land and the flavors of their traditional cuisine when he wrote The City and the Sierras, referring to the magnificent rice ...
ANCIENT LAND
The oldest occupation of this territory is concentrated in the central plateaus of the Aboboreira and Castelo mountains and goes back to the recent prehistory that extends over a long chronological period of four thousand years (V to I millennium BC) ...
LAND OF CULTURE
The municipality of Baião presents remarkable heritage values, surprising panoramas, customs and traditions that enrich and particularize
this part of the country.
MAGICAL LAND /LAND OF MAGIC
In this land of mountains and rivers - which rips to the skies -, territory of water, life, sculpted in shale and granite covered with the green of the forest, we walk through shadows and fogs, unraveling the mysteries that hide in the imagination of his people.
ADVENTUROUS LAND/ LAND OF ADVENTURE
There is a land inviting us to be adventurous, filled with sites to inspire us, where we and the breeze become one, emotions run wild and reality is sensational. There is a land where we can be ourselves and be bold...
Get to know Baião culture, heritage, nature ...
Teixeira Pelourinho, located in the parish of Teixeira, marks the autonomy of this old county, which had a charter granted by D. Manuel on July 17, 1514, and which was extinguished in 1836. It rises on four steps, ...
The monument is located in the center of a large hill, on a granite outcrop, standing out in the landscape. Dolmen closed but with a small "window" type opening to the east. It was decided to keep the lytic cuirass that covered the ...
Biscoito da Teixeira - the genuine one -, present in all the celebrations and pilgrimages of the North of Portugal. It is a traditional biscuit that, despite the dissemination of the recipe - since it is also confectioned in other lands very close ...
António Mota was born in Vilarelho, Ovil, municipality of Baião. Professor of Basic Education, published in 1979 his first children's book, "The Village of Flowers", not ceasing to write. His stories, many of them with history, ...
PR1 FLORESTAS NATURAIS TRAIL (NATURAL FORESTS)
May 10, 2017Adventure Land, SERRA DA ABOBOREIRA TRAILS
The Mother Church of St. John of Ovil marks the beginning of this journey. As a curiosity, you can see part of a Romanesque frieze on the north facade of the church, testimony of a first temple erected here ....
Harvested in the Serra do Montemuro (Resende, Cinfães and Castro Daire), it is in the place of S. João do Castelo, in Frende (county of Baião), that are made the baskets of gesta worst. Different sizes and shapes also allow different ...
The occupation of the region continues throughout the medieval period, standing out the hill of the Castle of Matos. Strong brand in the landscape and the identity of Baião because it was the place chosen by the lord of this territory for the construction of ...
The Archaeological Field of Serra da Aboboreira (CASA) was a project created in 1978, under the responsibility of Vitor Jorge, its mentor and coordinator, with the purpose of creating a permanent work unit, as an active center ...
A source of inspiration for the novel "The City and the Mountains", Casa de Tormes, now home to the Eça de Queiroz Foundation, has a strong museological component, preserving the writer's estate and keeping alive the scene that Eça met and ...
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Project developed by the municipality with the objective of promoting tourism in the Municipality of Baião, providing information on the hotel, patrimonial, landscape, gastronomic and cultural offer.
