Description Aljustrel

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Located in the heart of Baixo Alentejo, Aljustrel is a Portuguese village belonging to the District of Beja region of the South of Portugal. with about 4 600 inhabitants, in the parish of Aljustrel and Rio de Moinhos. Aljustrel is well known nationally and internationally for its Mines, Industrial and Geological Heritage, where it is also known for its Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora do Castelo. The vastness of its fields and the plain as far as the eye can see characterize this municipality, whose seat is considered one of the oldest settlements in Portugal.
 
Two hills, a valley, terraced houses, a landscape as far as the eye can see and a millenary past. It is Aljustrel, from the top of Senhora do Castelo.

The Aljustrel mine has some mining facilities already deactivated, which are a unique testimony of mining practices that come from the century. XIX, with immense movable and immovable heritage, of classical and industrial archeology.

The regional cuisine of the Alentejo is extremely rich and varied, the basis of South Alentejo cuisine is bread, water and spices. What makes the difference is the good Alentejo bread, with yeast dough and baked in a wood oven; spices and herbs. Gaspachos (which can also be vinegared or washed), migas, açordas, grain and bean stews and soups and stews will be some of the most characteristic dishes of our traditional cuisine.

In Aljustrel there is a vast and interesting cultural offer: the Feira do Campo Alentejano, takes place annually at the Parque de Exposições e Feiras, on the 2nd weekend of June (Santo António), Festa de Santa Maria - Messejana, Vin & Cultura - Ervidel (November 2016), Roxo Summer Fest (September 2016), Noite Branca, there is also a diverse program that ranges from the most popular music of the Wednesdays at Night (July and August) to the most alternative of the Oficinas de Cultural Training and Animation (all year), or the popular dances in the Mast of Praça da Resistência (June, July and August), Marchas Populares (Santo António night) or the Ervidel Animation Basket (August). Fine art exhibitions, courses and workshops, cinema...