The municipality is composed of 6 parishes, and is located in the District of Beja. The District of Beja is a district in the South Portugal, the district Capital is Beja. ...
The present Mayor is José Raul Mendes Santos (Social Democrat). The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ...
The municipal holiday is September 8. September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ...
Ourique is in Southern Alentejo, Lower Alentejo, but not far, it is not far, from here to Lisbon it is 180 kilometres, always by highway, from here to Seville it is 140 kilometres, so it is a perfectly accessible place.
And Alentejo is a beautiful province, a province of vast plains, of tame and passive cork oaks, of pasturing livestock, formerly the land of great wheat-fields, blonde like the girls tresses; it is truly a land of peace, of grandeur and bounty.
Obviously this legend here in Ourique of the appearance of Jesus crucified is exactly equal to the legend from Galicia, but with a difference: on one hand it mentions St. John, on the other hand it is Our Lord on the crucifix which is much more than St. John.
The Battle of Ourique took place in July 26, 1139, in the countryside outside the town of Ourique, present-day Alentejo (southern Portugal).
In this battle, the forces of Portuguese Prince Afonso Henriques (of the House of Burgundy) clashed against the Almoravid Moors lead by Emir Ali ibn Yusuf.
In commemoration of the Battle of Ourique, it is said that the Portuguese coat-of-arms bears five small shields (representing the five defeated Moorish kings), though this interpretation his chalenged by many authors.
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