Marialva Historical Villages of Portugal

The village of Marialva is one of the 12 Historical Villages of Portugal and is located just a few minutes from the city of Mêda. This village, one of the living relics of our ancestry, transports us to the deepest roots of our history.
There are many of the vestiges of what would have been the Civitas Aravorum of the Romans. Swabians and Arabs disputed it. Fernando Magno conquered it in 1063, and, according to legend, D.Afonso II will have donated the village to a lady who went by the name of D.Maria Alva.
Populated by the Aravos, Portuguese people, it was later conquered by the Romans, followed by the Arabs, until the final victory of D. Fernando Magno, in 1063. In 1179, it received the charter of D. Afonso Henriques, having maintained an activity intense - thanks to the fairs that took place there - until the end of the century. XVIII. In the year 1200, the castle was rebuilt and restored by King Sancho I and was later enlarged by order of King Dinis.
Upon entering Marialva, we have the feeling that we are entering a historic setting, the streets, flanked by buildings that are resistant to time, lead us to the citadel surrounded by the walls in whose ruins we have lost track of time. Inside the walls, the square stands out, solemnly marked by the Pelourinho and by the building of the old Town Hall, also a courthouse and jail (17th century); a few meters further on, the keep and the Church of Santiago with its magnificent painted ceiling and the Chapel of Misericórdia, appreciated for its carved altarpiece, are real treasures built within the walled enclosure.
The population that lives in the buildings outside the walls has on their faces the hospitable look of the Beira people, initialed by the authenticity of the wrinkles on their faces. Marialva is one of the sixteen villages and parishes in the municipality of Mêda whose monumental remains keep the memory of a very important historical past.
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