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 (Portuguese: ''Pedro I'', ; 8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367), called the Just (''o Justiceiro'') or the Cruel (''o Cruel''), was King of Portugal from 1357 until his death. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso IV of Portuga ...
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 Peter I of Portugal. The dramatic circumstances of her relationship with Peter ...
. 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
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
church in the town square
Image:serra-church2.jpg, Interior of the church showing typical hand-painted blue and white tiles with Biblical
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...
scenes
References
External links
Serra d'El-Rei official website
Freguesias of Peniche, Portugal
Towns in Portugal
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