How about getting to know the Malveira area where the home of Big Brother of Portugal is located?! Malveira is a village and was once a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Mafra, with 9.78 km2 of area and 6,493 inhabitants.
The parish was extinguished by the administrative reorganisation of 2012/2013, and its territory was integrated into the Union of Parishes of Malveira and São Miguel de Alcainça.
It has a vast cultural and historical heritage, and one of the most famous fairs in the country, whose beginning dates back to the end of the 18th century and the annual fair of that locality, the first "free of rights", by charter of D. Maria I.
In sweets, the most famous delicacy is Muggle, a recipe that has more than a century of existence, and which consists of a small pie stuffed with a delicious cream. So be sure to visit the Malveira Muggle Factory, located at Rua Miguel Judicibus Ferreira, 40 in Malveira.
In 2019 this village was, for the first time, the scene of a fiction book, Merinda, by writer Miguel Mósca.
Built heritage site
Church of São Paulo (Malveira)
Hermitage of Our Lady of Remedies (Malveira)
Chapel of Santo António da Carrasqueira, in Alto da Carrasqueira
Feira Fort
Malveira Ring
Spring
Mata da Malveira
🌟#Curiosities
In all, there are 7 Mills: Very old buildings dating, according to research, from the second half of the 17th century. A few years therefore, after the Restoration of Independence. But from that time, there are only six mills. The other, the oldest of all, is from the time of the foundation of Malveira, thus about three centuries older. It's the Devil-Soul mill. What is further north, being the first to count from the summit;
A large fair is held, FexpoMalveira, an agro-livestock fair that takes place annually, in the 2nd week of August.
📒 Suggested reading: Merinda, by writer Miguel Mósca.
HOW TO GET THERE
By train
By car
- Follow the A36/A8 in Odivelas from R. Luciano Cordeiro, Av. da República/Av. República, Campo Grande, Av. Padre Cruz and Calçada de Carriche;
- Continue on the A8 for Sale of Pinheiro. Exit the A21; - Stay on N8. Head to R.R. Heroes April 9 in Malveira.
⚠️ This route includes tolls.
+INFO about Malveira, access the website of your Parish Council below:
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