The Dornes Tower is one of the most unusual Templar monuments in Portugal. Located in the municipality of Ferreira do Zêzere, it is set on a buttress over the Zêzere river, from where it overlooks it and enjoys a magnificent panorama. Presumably built on a pre-existing structure dating from the

King John III is one of the most celebrated Portuguese monarchs. Heir to a vast maritime empire that stretched across the Orient, Africa and the Americas, he ruled Portugal and its vast domains between 1521 and 1557. He was the first-born son of King Manuel I’s second marriage to Maria

King Dinis was one of the most illustrious Portuguese monarchs. The son of Afonso III and Beatrice of Castile, he was born on 9th October 1261 and became the sixth king of Portugal. When he ascended the throne in 1279, he promoted important reforms in medieval Portugal, which earned him

The Convent of Christ is one of the most important monumental complexes of Portuguese cultural heritage. Originally designed as the oratory of the Knights Templar – the Charola – which was completed in 1190, it was part of the vast complex of buildings commissioned by Dom Gualdim Pais, including the

D. Gualdim Pais is the most relevant personality in the history of Tomar and one of the inevitable protagonists of the foundation of our nationality. Born in the region of Braga, probably in Terra de Faria, and coming from a family of the small nobility of Minho, he was the

King Manuel I was one of the most famous Portuguese monarchs, reigning over four continents and three oceans. Known as the Fortunate One, he ruled between 1469 and 1521, 26 years marked by a period of great navigations and discoveries. As the fifth king of the dynasty of Avis, and

D. Afonso Henriques was the founder and first king of Portugal, and became known in history as the Conqueror. Son of the Counts of Portucale, Henry of Burgundy, a knight who came to the Iberian Peninsula to help the King of León and Castile in the war against the Moors,

Harry Potter é uma série de sete romances de fantasia infanto-juvenil escritos pela autora britânica J. K. Rowling. O protagonista, Harry Potter, é um jovem aprendiz de feiticeiro que, por aventuras e desventuras, e através do mundo da magia, vai descobrindo o sentido da realidade. Com 11 anos de idade,

Pelé nasceu na cidade de Três Corações, no sudeste do Brasil em 1940. O seu nome é Edson Arantes do Nascimento e a alcunha Pelé só surgiu mais tarde. O pai de Pelé era um futebolista profissional, conhecido como Dondinho mas não foi bem sucedido. A família vivia com poucas