Beira Alta Province (; "Upper Beira") was a
Portuguese province in the north of Portugal.
Vast plateaus, river valleys, mountains, and castles abound in Beira Alta.
Formerly it was part of the
Beira Province
Beira () was one of the six traditional provinces or ''comarcas'' of Portugal.
The territorial extension is different from that of the area called ''the Beiras'', which refers to three provinces of 1936, Beira Alta, Beira Baixa and Beira Lit ...
.
The two main cities were
Guarda and
Viseu
Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the Viseu District, district of the same name, with a population of 100,105 inhabitants in the entire municipality, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões Interm ...
. Other cities include
Pinhel, Sabugal, Trancoso,
Almeida,
Oliveira do Hospital
Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,855, in an area of 234.52 km².
History
Inhabited by ancient civilizations, Oliveira do Hospita ...
, Tondela, Mangualde, Santa Comba Dao,
Seia, Gouveia, Meda.
The city of Viseu, once the capital of the Beira Alta, is now in the main city within the new
Dão-Lafões Subregion, which is part of the
Centro Region.
Guarda is now the capital of the new
Beira Interior Norte Subregion within the
Centro Region.
References
External links
Provinces of Portugal (1936–1976)
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