Place:Mértola, Beja, Portugal

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NameMértola
Alt namesMyrtilissource: Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) I; GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 11334
Mértolasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeConcelho
Coordinates37.633°N 7.667°W
Located inBeja, Portugal
Contained Places
Freguesia
Alcaria Ruiva
Corte do Pinto
Espírito Santo
Mértola
Santana de Cambas
São João dos Caldeireiros
São Miguel do Pinheiro
São Pedro de Sólis
São Sebastião dos Carros
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Mértola is a municipality in southeastern Portuguese Alentejo near the Spanish border. In 2011, the population was 7,274, in an area of approximately : it is the sixth-largest municipality in Portugal. Meanwhile, it is the second-lowest population centre by density with approximately 5.62 persons/ (second to the adjacent Alcoutim).

The seat of the municipality is the town of Mértola, which has around 2800 inhabitants (2011), located on a hill over the Guadiana River. Its strategic location made it an important fluvial commercial port in Classical Antiquity, through the period of Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Mértola's main church (the Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação) was the only medieval mosque to have survived the period in Portugal.

In 2017 Mértola started the process to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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