The fortress was built from 1250 and completed by King Don Dionís, who married Isabella of Aragon. By his works and virtues, and the queen was canonized known as Santa Isabel of Portugal, becoming part of the important history of Portugal.
In front of the Royal Palace today Parador, white chairs its image from the quiet hill town asleep in the Middle Ages and fields of infinite horizons that are opening in his back
Over its history has left many important monuments, as its citadel, medieval walls and the castle, which was in its day was the Royal Palace. Church erected in the city important religious buildings and numerous convents. In plain population modern opens around their splendid Rossio Square of the Marquis de Pombal, stressing as throughout the hamlet alentejo his white, as white as marble sculpture that presides over the esplanade, stressing on the long horizon plagued by olive trees and vineyards.
