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Ponte da Barca - I I

Ponte da Barca - I I

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Ponte da Barca - I I

Ponte da Barca is a Portuguese village in Viana do Castelo District, North and sub-region of Minho-Lima, with about 2 300 inhabitants.
It is the seat of the eponymous municipality with 184.76 km ² of area and 12 061 inhabitants (2011), divided into 17 parishes. The county is bordered to the north by Arcos de Valdevez municipality, east Spain, south of Terras de Bouro and Vila Verde and west of Ponte de Lima.
It owes its name to the "boat" that was the connection between the two banks of the river Lima often pilgrims en route to Santiago de Compostela, and the "bridge" built in the middle of the century. XIV that you will give the name of St. John of Ponte da Barca (1450).
The highest point of the county is located in the Serra Amarela, on top of Louriça, with 1359 meters of altitude, in the parish of Lindoso.
This land comes from the mother of St. Anthony of Lisbon, Teresa Taveira, born in the house of Paco, Lavradas parish; and the Magellan navigator, the noble family of Paço Vedro (Magellanic parish).
The county received charter of D. Teresa in 1125.
In 1917, occurred at the site of Barral, the famous apparitions of Our Lady of Peace. These important place of pilgrimage day.

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