Serra d'El-Rei ('Mountains of the King') is a
Portuguese parish in the municipality of
Peniche on the
Atlantic Coast. The population in 2011 was 1,401,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 8.92 km².[Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país]
/ref> Serra d'El-Rei became a town on July 1, 2003.
It was at Serra d'El-Rei that King Peter I of Portugal
Peter I (; 8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367), known as Peter the Just () or Peter the Cruel (), was King of Portugal from 1357 until his death in 1367. Early life
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lived with his lover Inês de Castro
Inês de Castro (; in Castilian: Inés; 1325 – 7 January 1355) was a Galician noblewoman and courtier, best known as lover and posthumously recognized wife of King Pedro I of Portugal. The dramatic circumstances of her relationship with Pedro ...
. His 14th-century castle in the town is now divided into three private living houses today.
Serra d'El-Rei is west of the historic walled-town of Óbidos, and 10 km east from Peniche.
Gallery
Image:serra-church1.jpg, The 17th century Catholic
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church in the town square
Image:serra-church2.jpg, Interior of the church showing typical hand-painted blue and white tiles with Biblical
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scenes
References
External links
Serra d'El-Rei official website
Freguesias of Peniche, Portugal
Towns in Portugal
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