Castro Laboreiro, Portugal

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. The parish of Castro Laboreiro has more than 40 places, distributed by "Brandas" and "Inverneiras" - which are the highest or lowest places, where the people are protected from the intense cold of the harsh winters or the heat brought by the summer homeless. The "brandas", in the highest places, are more pleasant and productive in the heat season, serving the animals also better opportunities for food - it is thus a kind of common summer house for the population and cattle of the parish and visitors from outside . Here the main places are: Vila, Várzea Travessa, Picotim, Vido, Portelinha, Coriscadas, Falagueiras, Queima-delo, Outeiro, Adofreire, Antões, Rodeiro, Portela, Formarigo, Teso, Campelo, Curral do Gonçalo, Eiras, Padresouro, Seara and Ports. The "Inverneiras", in the lower areas, serve as a refuge from the cold and are located in the valleys of the parish. Your places: Beak, Cailheira, Curveira, Bago de Cima and Bago de Baixo, Clams, Laceiras, Ramisqueira, João Alvo, Barreiro, Assureira, Rotten, Alagoa, Dorna, Entalada, Bridges, Mareco, Ribeiro de Cima and Ribeiro de Baixo .

Barreiro is an old "Inverneira", and is divided into two nuclei; Barreiro de Cima, and Barreiro de Baixo still inhabited. The parish of Castro Laboreiro has more than 40 places, distributed by "Brandas" and "Inverneiras" - which are the highest or...
360º aerial panorama over the old "branda" of Coriscadas. It is located next to the valley of the Rio Laboreiro, on the west bank, at about 1040m altitude. Today it is a village of a fixed character. The parish of Castro Laboreiro has more than 40...
Dorna Bridge. Probably nineteenth-century arch-like bridge, with easel board arranged over an arch, with a perfect back, with curve access by uneven ramps. Considered from Roman times with a medieval or just Roman phase, the truth is that it did n...
Former "branda" of Falagueiras. Neighboring Queimadelo and Coriscadas, it is located at about 1060m of altitude. It is currently a mixed-use village, as bland and as a fixed village. The parish of Castro Laboreiro has more than 40 places, distribu...
Podre is an old "Inverneira", which is on a hillside at 780m altitude, and is abandoned, except for a house for village tourism. Its former inhabitants used that of Rodeiro as a bland The parish of Castro Laboreiro has more than 40 places, distrib...
Varziela is an old "Inverneira". Some of the houses have been rebuilt for tourism. A kanyoning company has its headquarters here. The parish of Castro Laboreiro has more than 40 places, distributed by "Brandas" and "Inverneiras" - which are the hi...