Monsanto,Portugal
Monsanto is a small hamlet in the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova, located in the south-east of Serra da Estrela, Portugal. Completely built in granite, the houses within this hamlet almost seemed crushed between huge boulders and narrow rocks. This is undoubtedly a very unusual place to live.
Perched on the mountainside at 700 meters above sea level, in 1938 it was defined as "the most Portuguese village of Portugal" - a borough-fortress that was never captured. Its origins are in fact quite ancient. It is said that this small town maintained its population in the 2nd century B.C., resisting for 7 long years the siege of Roman militias.
Monsanto is a place with great historical value, where you can find the ruins of a castle from the temple architecture and the remains of a chapel with an annexed cemetery.
Most of the houses were built in perfect alignment and balance with the surrounding environment, taking advantage of the already existing megaliths that in some cases were used as a wall or support roof. A unique place, where it is difficult to distinguish where the construction begins and where the prodigy of nature ends.
There is more to the uniqueness of this town - from the highest point of the hamlet, there is a truly unexpected panorama. There is a magnificent view extending to Serra da Estrela, one of the most beautiful in the whole region.
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