Sabrosa (Vila Real)
written by paper_doll
on July 10th, 2008
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Sabrosa is a municipality in the district of Vila Real in northern Portugal, composed of 15 parishes, has a total area of 180 km² and a population of almost 7000 inhabitants. Sabrosa is the place where my mother was born, so we always spend our holidays there! It’s one of the 13 municipalities that belongs to “Alto Douro Vinhateiro” or “Alto Douro Wine Region”, recently classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Sabrosa is a lovely village on the Douro region with beautiful manor houses, some of them dating from the 15th century, classified as National Monuments, as well as the Parish Church. Also, the magnificent mountains that surround the village provide a breathtaking scenario. Visitors to Sabrosa can see the house where the explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) once lived. He was the first to circumnavigate the globe (1519-22)! Magellan, whose real name was Fernão de Magalhães, was killed by natives in the Philippines. One of the region’s big annual event is the grapes’ harvest, to produce not only the worldly famous Porto sweet wine, but also the many other Douro wines. Sabrosa is also popular for its full-bodied red wine made locally at the Adega Cooperativa winemaking plant.
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