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Memory Arch

Memory Arch

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Memory Arch

Name: Memory Arch
Rating: 2

Recommended by 14 mountain bikers

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Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros

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Location: Arrimal, Leiria, Portugal

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1. Elias' Place – Memory Arch loop from Porto de Mós

40.0km

03:28

770m

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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2. Memory Arch – Arrimal small lake loop from Vimeiro

78.3km

06:55

1,620m

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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3. Memory Arch – Pia do Urso MTB Center loop from Batalha

103km

09:11

1,690m

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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May 15, 2024

This spot offers a magnificent panorama of the coast and a 360 degree view.

On the historical aspect, it was built by the Cistercian monks, it measures 4 meters high and 3.62 meters wide. The arch has no decoration, only two inscriptions: the first, the oldest written in Latin, testifies to its creation. The second inscription refers to the reconstruction of the monument, carried out by D. Michael in 1830.

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July 4, 2024

On the southwest hillside of Cabeço Gordo, almost coinciding with the administrative boundaries between Porto de Mos municipalities and Alcobaça, the Memory Arc it was built, probably in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century and was restored in 1830, by King Miguel, as shown in one of its inscriptions.

The bow, perfectly round, has only two inscriptions, one in Latin almost imperceptible, due to stone erosion, registered in 1758 and composed by Friar Bernardo de Brito, in the beginning of the seventeenth century at the behest of Alcobaça Monastery Abbot. According to tradition, that History denies, the monument was built by the monks of the Cistercian Order, for marking the land donated by the Portuguese first King Afonso Henriques. However, its construction only intended to give material evidences of the vow of D. Afonso Henriques, invented by Alcobaça chroniclers.

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Elevation 500 m

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Location: Arrimal, Leiria, Portugal

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Memory Arch

1. Elias' Place – Memory Arch loop from Porto de Mós

2. Memory Arch – Arrimal small lake loop from Vimeiro

3. Memory Arch – Pia do Urso MTB Center loop from Batalha

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