Belas travel guide

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Belas is a parish in the municipality of Sintra, with an area of 21.89 square kilometers and 21,172 inhabitants (2004). The population density amounts to 967.2 inhabitants per km ². The land is the village of Belas has characteristics that determine, without doubt, its settlement, organization and development. Located between hills, some small relief and some quite rough and choppy water-rich valleys, Belas existed since the time of the founding of the nation, knowing the limits of the parish and town in the twelfth century. Archaeological findings for determining the human presence in this area since the Middle Stone Age (40,000 to 30,000 years BC), having also remains from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Megalithic (you can find some megalithic complexes such as Mount Abraão, with traces funeral). It has been found that the density of population has always been low. Only during the period of Roman occupation are vestiges of a significant population density and some sort of organization. From this period date the remains of the Roman road, located on the road linking with Caneças Belas. In the Arab presence left some traces, especially in the local toponymy, with names like Massamá, Queluz, melech. Belas was and gave the city council until 1855. Until cumpuesta liberalism was a single parish, being later incorporated the Barcarena. In 1849 had 4041 inhabitants and 49 km ². He obtained the city status on 24 July 1997. (...) more....

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