* History
and Geography
* Population
* Museums and Libraries
* Monuments
* Tours
* Handicrafts
* Gastronomy
* Fairs and Feasts* World
Heritage Candidature
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"Sopa de
peixe" (fish soup), "açorda de
sável" (shad bread-soup) (during the
season) "fataça na telha" (large
mullet cooked in a roof-tile), 'magusto com
bacalhau assado" (a type of bread-panada
with grilled cod-fish) and 'espetadas em vara de
loureiro" (meat grilled in a laurel stick)
are some of the gastronomic delicacies one can
taste in this region. Coming from an old Convent
tradition, "celestes de Santa Clara"
and " arrepiados do Convento de
Almoster" (sweets made of eggs, and almond
lsweets ;nade of meringue and crisp almond) are
realy sweet specialities. |
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