Aldeias Históricas de Portugal

Villages

Roman Road

Linhares da Beira

Linhares da Beira

Part of the Star Way, a Roman road between Mérida (Emerita Augusta) and Braga (Bracara Augusta), Estrada dos Almocreves reaches Linhares da Beira by the old primary school on the right. This road was part of the section between Mangualde and Linhares and then went on to Videmonte. It is paved with rectangular blocks of granite and is 4 metres wide, on average. It goes down to the Linhares Stream for about 1,300m.