TERENA

Terena, or San Pedro of Terena, is a locality alentejana that depends on Alandroal's council of approximately 800 inhabitants that in his time formed a part of the defensive developed structure frete to the line of the Guadiana. They emphasize his castle raised possibly in times of D. Dinis, the church counterfoil of the Mercy, the pelourinho and the former Town hall or Paços do Concelho.

Illustrious prominent figures of the villa were the Gil Martins intimately joined the family of the king Sancho II. The members of this family were distinguished by the high charges of the Portuguese court, reaching some of them the category of major ensigns of the kingdom, being granted Terena's dominion to them, until 1259, year in which disagreements with Alfonso III, were leading them to serving to the Castilian crown in times of Alfonso II.

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After the convulsed period between 1383 and 1385, don João I spent Terena's dominion to Avís's Order, as gratefulness to the support received from this one to do to cost his rights to the crown. In 1482, don Juan named Master of Terena and warden of his strength gives Silveira to Nuno Martins, proceeding of that epoch the current one the current tower of the honoring of his castle. While Juromenha, Monsaraz and Mourao were renovated frete adapted them to the modern defensive technologies to the new and powerful artillery, Terena remained doomed to survive with his old structures, for it in the War of Restoration, was taken by facility by the duke San Germán, losing since then his military value in the zone.
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