The Portuguese sea coast and the Tagus and Sado estuaries have favorable climatic conditions for the development of salt farming Excavations carried out by the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Setúbal District (MAEDS) at Ponta da Passadeira between the municipalities of Moita and Barreiro have made it possible to trace the salt exploitation in this region back to the late Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods (IV/III millennium BC) which consists of evaporating the brine by heating it with fire salt production was dominated by exploitation in the north of Portugal ( Ave The first documentary references to salt exploitation appear after the reconquest; in the case of the Sado river it was only through a perpetual donation by King Afonso III to the Master of the Order of Santiago in 1255; and in the case of the Tagus estuary due to a disagreement between King Afonso III and the Order of Santiago salt production increased and Setúbal became the country's main salt producing and exporting center with the extinction of the ‘roda do sal’ (which had been created in the 16th century to control the sale of salt) and with the rise of other production centers Following the reconquest of Alcácer do Sal to the Moors stable conditions were created for the settlement of populations to the south of the Tagus river a number of locations along the vast riverbank began to spring up under the colonizing drive of the Order of Santiago These locations gave rise to the old municipality of Ribatejo with parish seats in Alhos Vedros and Sabonha where the primary sources of income were wine and salt References to salt in Alhos Vedros date back to 1319 through a document that sentenced the inhabitants ‘of Ribatejo to pay the tithe of the salt belonging to the Cabbido of the said tenants’ salt farming in Ribatejo was a privilege of the Monastery of Santos the construction of salt pans developed into a real salt landscape in the marshes and beaches of Alhos Vedros which were a key source of local prosperity were operated for over six centuries before being abandoned in the second part of the twentieth century In the 1958 survey of the Tagus salt industry the municipality of Moita reported 81 salt pans more than half of the total (135) and was the most profitable municipality The introduction of cooling technologies for food preservation and the rise of more competitive markets resulted in the abandonment of the salt pans This is one of the most unknown municipalities but it promises to surprise you with its heritage tranquillity and twenty-kilometer waterfront Moita is well worth a visit as a couple or with the family Take a look at our itinerary and book a trip to the south bank of the Tagus A key point in the town’s development it is now one of the municipality’s picture postcards with its colorful boats on the waters of the Tagus It is from here that the tourist trips aboard the “O Boa Viagem” sailboat now depart This is one of the most pleasant areas of the town These include the Altar of Nossa Senhora da Piedade (8th century) and the Paços do Concelho building this chapel is located in a spot with beautiful views of the Tagus and the surrounding region Another church in the town worth a visit is the Church of Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem The town’s main green area is almost 4,000 square meters designed by the architect Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles it is the center of the municipality’s bullfighting culture which takes on special expression with the bullfights and races that take place during the municipality’s festivals This is probably the most popular spot in the county during the summer Built in the first half of the 15th century to grind cereals and produce flour it is now an interesting cultural and museum center it has undergone successive alterations over the centuries Its five side chapels and the tomb of the knight Fernão de Casal stand out An emblematic site of the municipality’s naval tradition it is still used today for building and repairing boats chatting to the masters and learning more about this craft it has an Environmental Interpretation Center and a navy that helps show how salt is extracted 10 sítios que tens de visitar em Alcochete line 4701 will connect Moita to Lisbon with two express runs during the morning and more schedules the line 4701 carried more than 695 thousand passengers with the month of March showing a total of more than 97 thousand passengers carried and a weekday average of more than four thousand passengers a day To cope with demand and reports of full buses Carris Metropolitana is adjusting the supply on this line passing through Sarilhos Grandes and Alhos Vedros you will have a new circulation starting at 5:40 am from Vale da Amoreira to "better serve passengers in the early hours of the day"Carris Metropolitana reports On opposite direction (Lisbon - Vale da Amoreira) It is still in the process of creating a third new circulation on the 4701 bypass that starts only in Moita (not in Vale da Amoreira) between 5 am and 8 amline 4701 transported about 31 730 passengers Carris Metropolitana is creating a new 'Express' variant on 4701 which will have "fewer stops" and that will allow "passengers arrive in Lisbon in less time“ The 4701 Express will have two daily circulations These two circulations have departures in Vale da Amoreira at the usual stop by the Mouzinho da Silveira School The 4701 Express line will follow through Rua da União It should be noted that with the entry of Carris Metropolitana the number of services on weekdays increased from the previous 76 to 99 (+30%) and that there are now 102 services (+34%) every weekday Another four circulations of line 4701 had their times adjusted to allow a better distribution between services Note that the 4701 is the second line that carries more passengers in Area 4 of Carris Metropolitana's operation and that it had already been reinforced before Reducing travel time by about half an hour and eliminating the current transfer in Poceirão passengers from Pinhal Novo who wish to reach Brejos do Poço will now count on the line 4525 "Faias - Pinhal Novo via N5" for daily commuting With the new route starting next to the Faias Primary School the 4525 line continues towards the Pinhal Novo High School with stops in Aldeia Nova Aroeira "ensuring a new mobility option for the school community of these parishes in the municipality of Palmela and Setúbal"Carris Metropolitana reports In the municipality of Setubal the line 4460 "Circular de Azeitão" with a length of 16 kilometers and scheduled to run every 45 minutes This new line will serve "several points in Azeitão including schools and municipal infrastructure" The timetables for the 4701 and the two new lines can now be found at carrismetropolitana.pt MB Way: 933 140 217 (indicar “LPP”) Ou clica aqui Podes escrever-nos para [email protected] O LPP / Lisbon For People é um jornal local dedicado à cidade e à área metropolitana de Lisboa editado de forma totalmente independente e sem fins lucrativos ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + "