|
| Mertola View web site
|
Portugal |
 Voir la version 
Installed on the right bank of Guadiana, Mértola is a small city identified by its castle built by the Moors, with a XIII century old fort.
At the pre-Roman time, Mértola was already an important commercial main road, because it was the inner harbor in the north of the large river. It is there that people arrived and settled and products circulated coming from the most remote regions of the ancient Mediterranean world.
The combination of all these factors gave Mértola a high historical importance in the past. The monuments and the reference marks of this past are strewn a little everywhere in the city, always girdled by the old wall, one kilometer long.
The parish church, whose frontage is mudejar style with manuelins elements, was built on the site of the old mosque.
Mertola has three museum sets: the Roman period is visible in the building of the Town hall; the Islamic time presents a collection of objects out of ceramics found in the excavations (IXème - XIIIème century), most important of the country; one can also see one of the rare Paleo Christian basilicas of the Iberian peninsula (5th century).
You wish to know more about this destination? Visit the Internet page of Mertola by clicking on the link located in top of the page.
What’s up in Mertola
5th edition of the Islamic Festival – May 21st to 24th 2009
In May 21st to 24th the city of Mertola organizes the 5th edition of the Islamic Festival.
In ten years, this festival became one of the main events of the region offering a remarkable multicultural programme.
Seminars, traditional music concerts, Moroccan souk, exhibitions and shows will be in the programme of this festival based on the exchange of cultural heritage
|
|
