{"id":1023,"date":"2020-08-16T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puruno.com\/rokka\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:04:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:04:39","slug":"margaraca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villamontes.pt\/en\/margaraca\/","title":{"rendered":"Margara\u00e7a Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the heart of Serra do A\u00e7or, between Serra da Lous\u00e3 and Serra da Estrela, we find Mata da Margara\u00e7a, one of the oldest and best preserved forests in Portugal.<\/em><\/p>\n

History of the Margara\u00e7a Forest<\/h5>\n

It is during the reign of D.Afonso III (13th century) that the first reports about Mata da Margara\u00e7a are found. At the time it was called \u201cQuinta de Margaraz\u201d, being the property of the Bishops Counts of Coimbra. Already in the century XIX, was included in the list of \u201cnational goods\u201d despite having been acquired privately, at the end of the same century. In 1985, after being included in the Protected Landscape of Serra do A\u00e7or<\/a> (1982), was then acquired by the Portuguese State.<\/p>\n

Despite such remote references, the forest only received protection status in 1982, with the classification of Protected Landscape of Serra do A\u00e7or<\/a>, being also considered a Biogenetic Reserve integrated in the European network.<\/p>\n

At the Margara\u00e7a farm, 16 families of tenants worked, which indicates the good fertility of the soil and the intensive exploitation to which it was subjected. Several buildings testify to this human presence, namely Casa Grande, where the owner stayed overnight, Casa da Eira, Casa das Lamaceiras, the watermill, the refuse oven and Casa dos Caseiros\u201d (ICNF<\/a>)<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The biodiversity<\/h5>\n

In Mata da Margara\u00e7a we can observe a wide variety of species, both in terms of fauna and flora.<\/p>\n

In terms of tree species, we can find species of evergreen and deciduous trees, such as: the chestnut that cohabits with Oaks-Alvarinho, some Azereiros, Loureiros and Folhados. We can also find a wide variety of terrestrial mammals, such as the Wild Boar, Gineto, Badger, Red Squirrel and Weasel; of birds, such as the Goshawk, the Owl, the Hawk, the Round-winged Eagle, the Black Jackdaw, the Wood Pigeon, the Rola and the Bullfinch. On closer inspection, some amphibians and reptiles do not go unnoticed, such as the long-tailed Salamander and the Water Lizard, both threatened with extinction.<\/p>\n

Mata da Margara\u00e7a is one of the rare relics of natural vegetation in Central Portugal (\u2026) of the rare and most significant relics that we have left of the forest that would have covered most of the slopes of the mountains\u201d (Jorge Paiva, 1981<\/span>).<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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