BAIÃO - MILLENNIUM LAND
ANCIENT LAND
Today, Baião’s landscape is a result of the distinctive way in which man occupied and changed the territory over the course of thousands of years, resulting in a culturally rich landscape backed with a strong heritage. The oldest occupation of this territory was concentrated in the central plateaus of the Aboboreira and Castelo mountains and dates back to recent prehistory that extends over a long chronological period of four thousand years (5th to the 1st millennium BC) and also includes other different remnants, that were discovered thanks to the research project of the Serra da Aboboreira Archaeological Field.
If the first settlement sites, occupied during the 5th millennium BC, are still sparse remains, the villages of the 2nd and 1st millenniums already show an intense occupation of the territory, with distinct strategies, whose populations already ...
Although not known the date of its foundation, it is known that in 1120 this Monastery belonged already to the Diocese of Porto, being connected to the Canons Regrantes of St. Augustine. In 1141, D. Afonso Henriques sold the Charter de Couto to the abbot ...
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 ...
During the Roman occupation of this territory the populations already inhabited preferentially in the slopes and in the valleys of the main waterways, with natural highlight for those of Ovil and Douro. There are traces of trails ...
From the first vestiges of human occupation of this territory, the tombs with mamoa are highlighted, by their quantity, diversity and visibility, still marking the scenic landscape of the Aboboreira ....
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 ...
