Serra do Caramulo is a mountain range in
Central Portugal
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. The mountain is part of the intermunicipal community of
Viseu Dão Lafões
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and is populated by villages with granite houses and
espigueiros typical of this region. Some traces of
Neolithic
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and
Roman
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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occupation, such as the
megalith
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The ...
s and stone tracks, can still be found in the range. It has a rich flora, predominated by ''
Genista tridentata'' and
heather and also the rare ''
Rhododendron ponticum
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Description
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''.
The Caramulinho is the highest peak of the range where the
Atlantic Ocean
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and
Serra da Estrela
Serra da Estrela () is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal. Together with the Serra da Lousã it is the westernmost constituent range of the Sistema Central and also one of the highest in the system. It includes mainland Portugal's ...
are visible in the clearest days.
The small locality of
Caramulo
Caramulo is a town in Portugal. It is part of the civil parish of Guardão in the municipality of Tondela, Portugal.
In Caramulo is housed one of the most important motor vehicle museums in Portugal. Among the exhibits are some very rare cars inc ...
is also part of the range.
Climate
The range has a
warm-summer Mediterranean climate
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(
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* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
: ''Csb'',
Thornthwaite: AB1'ra'), with warm, dry summers and cool, rainy winters.
References
Mountain ranges of Portugal
Centro Region, Portugal
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