LEGENDS OF SINTRA

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Legend of Seteais Seteais is one of the most beautiful corners of Sintra. Its name dates back to 1147, when D. Afonso Henriques won Lisbon and Sintra. According to the legend, a Christian knight, D. Mendo de Paiva, has found a secret door through which many Moors were running away. Among them, there was a very beautiful girl, accompanied by her maid. When she saw the young man, and feeling she couldn’t escape, she sighed. But D. Mendo decided to make this young girl prisoner. Then, she sighed again. Her maid started to be worried and told the young man that this girl had been cursed by a witch and would die on the day she gave seven woes. The revelation of this secret made the Moorish sigh again. The knight didn’t believe the story, which caused another sigh of the girl. Then, he made both prisoners and she sighed again. The poor old woman was desperate, because the girl had already sighed five times. Meanwhile, the knight went to get a quiet place to take them. But a group of Moors appeared and cut off the head of the maid. The girl sighed for the sixth time. And the seventh sigh was when she saw the sword falling on her neck. D. Mendo came back and was very sad . Then he decided to give that corner the name of Seteais, in honor to the beautiful Moorish. Legend of Peninha It is said that during the reign of D. João III, in the land of Almoínhos- Velhos, there was a dumb shepherdess, who used to take her sheep to graze on the top of the mountain. One day one of her sheep ran away leaving the young shepherd desperate in search of such sheep. After looking for so long, she finally found a woman, who was carrying her sheep. As she couldn’t speak, she thanked the woman the way she could. Then the woman asked the shepherd to give her some bread, but the girl explained her, with her hands, that she had no bread for her, because the year had been bad. Then the old woman told her: - When you get home, call your mother and get me some bread. The girl tried to explain that it was impossible, because neither she had bread at home, nor she could call her mother, because she was dumb. But the woman insisted in such a way that the girl decided to do what she was asking for. When she arrived at home, she called her mother and her voice was heard all over the house. Then she told her mother all the story and rushed to find bread. Both were surprised when they found inside an ark full of bread enough for the entire village. The next day, as a proof of gratitude, the entire village went up the mountain and on the site where the shepherd had found the lady, was now a grotto with the image of Nossa Senhora. This place became sacred and later a chapel was built there, known as the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Peninha.
Legend of Cabo da Roca The legend says that, near Cabo da Roca, a little boy of about five years old, disappeared from home and his mother didn’t know where to find him. She already imagined him fallen into the sea and drowned. She imagined him dead. But the truth was different. Some witches had taken him from home and threw him onto a cliff, on a hill overlooking the sea. As the little boy cried a lot, some shepherds appeared and gave the news to the village. Then many villagers and the sad mother rushed together to rescue the little boy. It was a complicated task to take the boy from the hole, but they did it. All glad to see him safe and sound, they asked him who had taken him there and who had given him food. Then the boy explained that some women had taken him there by air and threw him into this pit. However, every day a beautiful Lady came there with soup for him. After knowing the truth, everybody went to the church to thank Nossa Senhora. When the boy came into the church, and looking at the image of Nossa Senhora, he immediately recognised her and said: “Mother, here is the Lady, who gave me the soup everyday” This boy named José Gomes, is known in Cascais by his nickname, Chapinheiro, where you can find evidences of this miracle. Legend of Monserrate Tradition says that in times of Arab rule, a young Arab lived in that place. This young boy had a quarrel with the mayor of Sintra’s castle and this led to a duel between them. In this duel the young Arab died and was lying on the ground. He was soon taken as a martyr by the population, who raised a tomb and later a chapel in this place. This small chapel collapsed, being replaced by another in 1500, built by Padre Gaspar Preto, under the invocation of Nossa Senhora de Monserrate, whose image, made of alabaster, was brought from Rome. Legend of Gruta da Fada Cave formed by a large granite rock, based on two rocks. According to the legend, every night a fairy comes there, around midnight, to mourn her fate. This cave in on the road to Pena, near the main gate of Parque da Pena.
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