Saint gonzalo's land

It has its origins in the Neolithic, but it is one of the most modern cities in the country.

Amarante is a city that sits along the river Tamega. It is a metropolis that will calmly unfold along its margins. The glimpse of its oldest monuments is through the canopy of trees that abound throughout the region. In fact must be one of the greenest cities in Portugal. On the bridge of Saint Gonzalo a bridge connects the city, has at one end a monastery of the same name, built by King John III, in the chapel where according to the legend the saint was buried. The current crossing has only 250 years since the original that I mentioned it was taken by the floods.
The most curious thing about this city is that we can define it according to the bank where we are. At left, an abundant number of Romanesque buildings, the result of the importance of Amarante as passing and stopping almost mandatory for those who wanted to make the roads to Santiago de Compostela. On the other side of the river, we saw more recent and luscious edifications as the Church of Real and Telões and new buildings ending in the calm waters of the river. They are delicious terraces where we can refresh ourselves and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the summer, or even in white winter. This metropolis of Minho is also known for its great artistic and intellectual movement. It is one of the cities with the largest number of newspapers and publications that promote cultural events and major literary gatherings. A must visit is the Museu Municipal Amadeu de Sousa Cardoso, that has a significant collection of artists born in this rural village. Nature is perhaps his best visiting card. The Marao Mountain is right next to it with an area of almost 20,000 hectares of forest formed in roughly by pine trees, which unfortunately have been devastated by wildfires constants that occur in the region. However, there has been a great deal of local and popular efforts to implement reforestation programs that allow reinstate a green spot in the landscape. Confronting the Marao, we have the Serra da Aboboreira which has not very rugged features and has beautiful pedestrian routes to discover the huge Neolithic vestiges of the past of our country, dating from 2500 B.C. Amarante has its origin in the primitive peoples of the Bronze Age, making it one of the most beautiful cities in the north of Portugal and a must for lovers of the natural environment.