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Only sparse ruins remain at this site today, testifying to the monastery that once stood here, a place of lived faith for several centuries. User @Kathrin has already written a detailed post about the history, citing sources. Perhaps an explanation of the patronage is also interesting: people entrusted themselves to the Mother of God of Loreto. Loreto is an international Marian pilgrimage site in central Italy (the Marche region). The House of Mary, formerly located in Nazareth (Israel), is venerated there. It was probably dismantled and brought to Europe by crusaders at the end of the 13th century, when the era of Christian kingdoms in the Holy Land came to an end. However, this very rational assumption is contradicted by a much more interesting legend: According to this legend, four angels carried out the translation of the "Santa Casa" by flying the building across the Mediterranean.

The castle has a roughly rectangular floor plan and its walls still show traces of a Muslim fortress. The castle of Santiago do Cacém has been classified as a national monument since 1910. What is actually unusual is the cemetery within the castle walls.

To the south of Santiago do Cacém, ruins recall the presence of the convent of Our Lady of Loreto, built in the 15th century. In addition to its historical aspect, the old stones bring during the summer a pleasant freshness which invites to the pause and the contemplation.

Cemetery within the castle walls

Cercal do Alentejo is a typical small town in southern Portugal. Behind its houses covered with a lime tinted with solar colors, the dynamism of its many shops allows you an ideal stopover.

Completed in 1954, the large Campilhas dam lake can be used to produce electricity, supply drinking water and maintain an irrigation network. Due to repeated droughts, the lake can no longer recover the levels of its creation.

On the Caminho Histórico, the Moinhos do Paneiro is a summit which culminates at 216 meters above sea level and on which stands an old mill. Next to it, a gîte offers beds and cutlery.