Covilhã is a Portuguese city belonging to the district of Castelo Branco, in the province of Beira Baixa, statistical region of the Center and sub-region of Beiras and Serra da Estrela
The city of Covilhã is the gateway to Serra da Estrela and has 36,356 inhabitants in its urban perimeter formed by five parishes: Covilhã and Canhoso, Teixoso and Sarzedo, Cantar-Galo and Vila do Carvalho, Boidobra and Tortosendo.
The city is the seat of the municipality of Covilhã with an area of 555.60 km2 and 51,797 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 21 parishes, the city of Covilhã is the land of the wool industry, the birthplace of discoverers of five hundred and currently a city with a public University.
The municipality is limited to the north by Seia and Manteigas, to the northeast by Guarda, to the east by Belmonte, to the south by Fundão and to the west by Pampilhosa da Serra and Arganil.
D. Sancho I ordered the walls of his original castle to be built, which in 1186 granted a town charter to Covilhã and later it was D. Dinis who ordered the construction of the walls of the admirable medieval neighborhood of Portas do Sol.
Expansion overseas began with the conquest of Ceuta in 1415. Frei Diogo Alves da Cunha, buried in the Church of Conceição, took part in the event.
The presence of Covilhã residents continues with Pêro da Covilhã (the first Portuguese to set foot in Mozambique and who sent news to D. João II about how to reach the places where spices were produced, preparing the Maritime Route to India) João Ramalho, Fernão Penteado and others.
Frei Heitor Pinto, one of the first Portuguese to publicly defend Portuguese identity, his literary work is expressed in the work "Imagem da Vida Cristã".
Covilhã was elevated to city status on October 20, 1870 by King D. Luís I, as it is one of the most important towns in the kingdom due to its population and wealth.
Covilhã first as a manufacturing company, then as an industry, is one of the main European wool production centers, where the only Portuguese ski slopes are located and which can be accessed by traveling through amazing mountain landscapes.
The main attractions of the City of Covilhã are: Praça do Município, Covilhã (Statue of Pêro da Covilhã, D. Luís, set of Aviz columns), Sculpture in homage to the Mother (Avenida Frei Heitor Pinto, Covilhã), Statue of Farrapeiro (at the roundabout towards the entrance via Fundão), Statue of Campos Melo (Rua Cidade do Fundão, Covilhã), The Monument to the Unknown Soldier (Largo 5 de Outubro, Covilhã) da Europa, Covilhã), Miradouro da Varanda dos Carqueijais, Miradouro Portas do Sol, Tinturaria - Exhibition Gallery (R. Morais do Convento, Covilhã) and Jardim Público Covilhã (Av. Frei Heitor Pinto, Covilhã).
The city is the seat of the municipality of Covilhã with an area of 555.60 km2 and 51,797 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 21 parishes, the city of Covilhã is the land of the wool industry, the birthplace of discoverers of five hundred and currently a city with a public University.
The municipality is limited to the north by Seia and Manteigas, to the northeast by Guarda, to the east by Belmonte, to the south by Fundão and to the west by Pampilhosa da Serra and Arganil.
D. Sancho I ordered the walls of his original castle to be built, which in 1186 granted a town charter to Covilhã and later it was D. Dinis who ordered the construction of the walls of the admirable medieval neighborhood of Portas do Sol.
Expansion overseas began with the conquest of Ceuta in 1415. Frei Diogo Alves da Cunha, buried in the Church of Conceição, took part in the event.
The presence of Covilhã residents continues with Pêro da Covilhã (the first Portuguese to set foot in Mozambique and who sent news to D. João II about how to reach the places where spices were produced, preparing the Maritime Route to India) João Ramalho, Fernão Penteado and others.
Frei Heitor Pinto, one of the first Portuguese to publicly defend Portuguese identity, his literary work is expressed in the work "Imagem da Vida Cristã".
Covilhã was elevated to city status on October 20, 1870 by King D. Luís I, as it is one of the most important towns in the kingdom due to its population and wealth.
Covilhã first as a manufacturing company, then as an industry, is one of the main European wool production centers, where the only Portuguese ski slopes are located and which can be accessed by traveling through amazing mountain landscapes.
The main attractions of the City of Covilhã are: Praça do Município, Covilhã (Statue of Pêro da Covilhã, D. Luís, set of Aviz columns), Sculpture in homage to the Mother (Avenida Frei Heitor Pinto, Covilhã), Statue of Farrapeiro (at the roundabout towards the entrance via Fundão), Statue of Campos Melo (Rua Cidade do Fundão, Covilhã), The Monument to the Unknown Soldier (Largo 5 de Outubro, Covilhã) da Europa, Covilhã), Miradouro da Varanda dos Carqueijais, Miradouro Portas do Sol, Tinturaria - Exhibition Gallery (R. Morais do Convento, Covilhã) and Jardim Público Covilhã (Av. Frei Heitor Pinto, Covilhã).
