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Almoçageme
Almoçageme (pronounced: Al-mu-sa-jè-mê) is a village on the Portuguese municipality of Sintra and in the Freguesia of Colares. The name Almoçageme is obviously Arab in origin – the Iberian peninsula is packed with Muslim toponyms that are a legacy of the five hundred years the Moors stayed over. One possible root is from ''al-masjid'' or ''al-mesijide'', meaning “the mosque” – although there are no testimonies of one having been around. Local festivities honoring Nossa Senhora da Graça take place on the first Sunday of October and last eight days. There are Roman ruins of a “villa” in this most occidental spot of the Roman Empire, dating from the 2nd century CE. These were unearthed in 1905 during the construction of a road (Estrada do Rodizio) linking Almoçageme with the spectacular beach of Praia Grande. Excavations are under way in the Roman villa of Santo André de Almoçageme and the findings are sent to the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Villa Of Santo André De Almoçageme
The Roman ruins of Santo Andre de Almoçageme ( pt, Ruinas romanas de Santo Andre de Almoçageme) is a Portuguese archaeological site located in the rural civil parish of Colares, in the municipality of Sintra. It includes a group of structures with typological, stylistic or historic value, whose structural elements are worthy of preservation. History The settlement was constructed between the 3rd and 5th centuries. In the 17th century a funerary inscription, unrelated to the physical structures was discovered, implying a more intricate history. In 1905, a polychromatic mosaic was discovered, in addition to artefacts linked to its Roman history. The first official archaeological excavations began between 1980 and 1990: these excavations exposed a large area of the main house (''pars urbana'') that included several rooms with mosaic pavements to the north (that included peristyle). In the excavated ''pars rustica'' a brick oven was discovered, used for producing ceramics. Later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |