In this video I try to summarize the most important aspects of this Alentejo town full of history. Its hill with a castle of Muslim origin has springs of thermal water, which makes this village a kind of Oasis in the Alentejo plain. Its mother church built in the first period of the Manueline style, and the visit to the Mouraria neighborhood with its singlestory whitewashed houses and flowers on the facades are another important point in the visit to this town.

00:00 Introduction
00:21 the name Moura and the legend of Moura Salúquia who threw herself from the tower after losing her beloved Muslim, killed by a Christian knight.
00:49 the coat of arms of the village of Moura and the legend of Moura Salúquia
01:10 The past of the castle since the Iron Age, the thermal springs inside the castle
01:36 Exploitation of thermal water from 1899. The building of the Spa and the Fountain of the three spouts
02:07 The Reconquista and the division of the walled space with Towers and walls. Urban growth outside the walls.
02:16 Location of the outskirts of Mouraria and Matriz de S.João Baptista
02:40 Location of the Carmo Convent founded by the Order of Malta in 1251
03:00 The castle and its Alcaçova with archaeological zones showing Islamic structures
04:00 The ruins of the Convent of S.Domingos of the Dominican nuns
04:20 Location of the old Casa da Roda, where abandoned children were delivered
04:23 Porta da Alcaçova, Torre de Menagem and the Church of S.Domingos
06:02 Casa da Roda supported by the Municipality to take care of abandoned children
06:34 Post Reconquista urban evolution, seen from the air, and the need for a new Mother Church
06:58 Mother Church of S.João Baptista
07:40 Apse of the Church of S.João Baptista
09:04 Largo do Pelourinho
09:49 Streets of the old suburb that emerged during the 15th and 16th centuries
10:14 am Rua da Capinha Rota
10:46 Largo Dr. Rodrigues
10:50 Rua Associação SM Santana e Costa
11:32 Rua das Mollejas, one of the favourites, notice the flowers and the quality of the architecture
12:29 Rua 5 de Outubro, a street full of imposing urban mansions, one of them baroque
13:12 Largo Gago Coutinho, Hotel de Moura in the building of the former Convent of S.João de Deus
14:03 Rua da Porta Nova, next door is the old Olive Oil Mill, now the Olive Oil Museum
14:22 Rua da Vista Alegre: start of the route through the old Mouraria neighborhood
14:34 Bica de Santa Comba
14:40 First street of Mouraria
15:53 Second street of Mouraria
15:59 Largo da Mouraria
16:19 Travessa da Mouraria
16:35 Third street of Mouraria

Video location map, to plan your holidays and weekends:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi...