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“A Cida<strong>de</strong> do Saldo Imperador ” foiocupada e cobiçada por fenícios,gregos, romanos, visigodos,muçulmanos e cristãos.“The Emperor’s City of Salt” wasoccupied and covetedby Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans,Visigoths, Muslimsand Christians.<strong>OUT</strong>Alcácer do Sal é Alentejo, é litoral, é história. É, também,uma das cida<strong>de</strong>s mais antigas da Europa cuja fundação remeteao tempo dos fenícios. Aqui encontram-se ainda vestígiosdo período do Mesolítico e das presenças romana, celta, e árabe.Palco <strong>de</strong> conquistas e reconquistas nas disputas <strong>de</strong> território entreos reis <strong>de</strong> <strong>Portugal</strong> e os mouros. Foi também um dos portos maisimportantes da Península Ibérica chegando a cunhar moedano início do século I a.C..Intimamente ligada ao rio Sado, Alcácer é uma cida<strong>de</strong> pacatae aconchegante, cujo casario se esten<strong>de</strong> junto ao rio, numapaisagem pontuada pelo antigo castelo. Abrangendo umadas mais extensas paisagens <strong>de</strong> beleza natural do sul do país,em que se insere a Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado, o concelho<strong>de</strong> Alcácer do Sal é rico em <strong>de</strong>slumbrantes planícies e praias quevale bem a pena visitar.experimenteTO DO<strong>de</strong>scubraTO SEEsaboreieTO EATAlcácer do Sal is the Alentejo, its coastline and its history. It is alsoone of Europe’s ol<strong>de</strong>st towns, its foundation dating backto the time of the Phoenicians. Here you will find vestigesof the Mesolithic Ages and of the presence of Romans, Celtsand Arabs.It was the scenery of many conquests and reconquests amidstthe territorial disputes between the Kings of <strong>Portugal</strong> and theMoorish inva<strong>de</strong>rs. It was also one of the most important ports of theIberian Peninsula and even minted coins at the beginningof the 1st century B.C.Intimately linked to the Sado River, Alcácer is a quiet and friendlycity; its houses are spread close to the river in a landscapedominated by the old castle. Embed<strong>de</strong>d in one of the mostextensive natural beauty landscapes in Southern <strong>Portugal</strong>,in which the Estuário do Sado Nature Reserve is located,Alcácer do Sal is rich in breathtaking plains and beaches thatare well worth visiting.Alcácer do Sal

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