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Castro Laboreiro belongs to the municipality of Melgaço and is located in the Peneda-Gerês National Park Castro Laboreiro was one of the most important strongholds of megalithic culture in Portugal, maintaining one of the largest concentrations of megalithic monuments in the country, 62 Mamoas (dated 4000-5000 years ago) mostly Dolmens, although many of them have been destroyed over the years. times. With strong community traditions, this town maintains, until today, unique characteristics. The local history and ethnography is portrayed in the collection of the Núcleo Museológico. At the time of the Christian Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, Afonso III de Leão (848-910) donated the domain of Castro Laboreiro, in the first half of the 10th century, to Count D. Hermenegildo, grandfather of São Rosendo, because he defeated Vitiza, a local chief who had revolted. During the count's rule, the existing fort (which gave it its name) would have been adapted to be a castle, later returning to Muslim rule. During the period of Roman occupation, several roads and bridges were built across the territory of Melgaço with the aim of facilitating the transport of goods, guaranteeing the Romanization process and protecting Roman troops from possible attacks. Many of these bridges were reformulated during the period of the Low Middle Ages.
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