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Rio Maior ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u mɐˈjɔɾ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192, [ 1] in an area of 272.76 km². [ 2] The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the first woman to be elected mayor in the municipality.
- Salinas Naturais de Rio Maior. A natural oddity, the salt flats outside Rio Maior don’t really belong in a place like this. They’re 30 kilometres from the ocean, and are the only interior salt flats active enough for industrial-level salt production in Europe.
- Villa Romana de Rio Maior. Rio Maior’s Roman villa came to light next to the river in the 80s and wasn’t excavated until 1995. This house is from the turn of the 4th century and gives you a glimpse of the luxury and splendour of the building through its highly intricate mosaics.
- Casa Senhorial d’El Rei D. Miguel. This cultivated townhouse in the centre of Rio Maior is named after the 19th-century King Miguel I, as he stayed here during the Portuguese Liberal Wars.
- Dólmen de Alcobertas. Something you can’t miss in nearby Alcobertas is this megalith, which was later adapted by the village’s parish church. One of the ten largest monuments of its kind on the Iberian Peninsula, the dolmen is at least 4,000 years old, and is made up of a chamber accessed via a corridor of granite stones.
Rio Maior. Type: City with 7,950 residents. Description: municipality and city in the Santarém district, Portugal. Neighbors: Alcobaça, Cadaval, Caldas da Rainha, Porto de Mós and Santarém. Categories: municipality of Portugal, city of Portugal and locality. Location: Santarém District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap.
Rio Maior. Towns and Villages. Nearby the Serra dos Candeeiros, Rio Maior was for centuries an important mining centre, since the local population's main occupation was extracting rock-salt from a mine in the Serra.
The municipality of Rio Maior, bordered to the North by the Natural Park of Serra d'Aire and Candeeiros, is located between the Ribatejo and the coastline and is crossed by several water lines, being the most relevant one that gave him the name: the rio Maior.
Rio Maior is a city and municipality in Ribatejo, Portugal . Understand. A park in Rio Maior. Rio Maior ( RREE-oo muh-YAWR, /ˈʁi.u ma.ˈjɔɾ/) municipality has 21,192 residents, with about 8,000 living in the city proper. Visitor information [ edit]
Located in the Santarém District of Portugal, Rio Maior is a charming city that offers a perfect blend of history, culture, and natural beauty. This hidden gem is often overlooked by tourists, making it an ideal destination for those seeking an authentic Portuguese experience.
