Situated on a cliff halfway between Monção and Valença, Lapela played an important role in the consolidation and reorganization of the Kingdom, which together with these two villages (Monção and Valença) controlled part of the defense of the River Minho and its crossing. Although there is no documentary or archaeological evidence, tradition attributes to King D. Afonso Henriques the initiative of the construction of the primitive castle in 1130 by Lourenço Gonçalvez de Abreu a nobleman who will have fought in Arcos de Valdevez alongside the King.
Filmed between June and October 2017
21 авг 2024