Description Azambuja

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Azambuja is a Portuguese village in the District of Lisbon and Ribatejo. It is the seat of a municipality, subdivided into 7 parishes. The municipality is limited to the north by the municipality of Rio Maior, to the northeast by Santarém, to the east by Cartaxo, to the southeast by Salvaterra de Magos, to the south by Benavente and Vila Franca de Xira and to the west by Alenquer and Cadaval.

The built heritage and of historical and cultural interest is one of the great legacies inherited by history.

Among monuments and sites classified or referred to as heritage, historical, artistic or cultural interest, Azambuja knew how to preserve its heritage in a perspective of sustainable and responsible development at the natural, social, cultural and economic level.

Founded by the Romans under the name of Oliastrum, Azambuja was occupied by the Moors who gave it the name "Azzabuja", which came to give rise to the current name. In the 12th century, King D. Sancho I, with the help of the Knights of Flanders, expelled the Arabs from this region, and donated these lands to one of the Flemish noblemen, as a reward for the assistance given in the Reconquista.

Its 19th century charter. XIII, it was confirmed by D. Manuel I in the 16th century, a time when Azambuja underwent great expansion, dating from that time the Igreja Matriz and Igreja da Misericórdia. Later, in the century. In the 18th century, construction began on the Palácio das Obras Novas, which served as an inn and a station for steam trains coming from Lisbon to Constância.

Currently, Azambuja is a rapidly expanding town, benefiting from an excellent location, next to the motorway and the northern railway line (which has a modern station here).