SALVATERRA DE MAGOS
GPS: N 39.02413; W 8.79329
It is the seat of a municipality with 243.93 km² in area and 22 159 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 4 parishes. The municipality is limited to the north by the municipality of Almeirim, to the east and south by Coruche, to the southwest by Benavente, and to the northwest by Azambuja and Cartaxo.
In 1542 Salvaterra de Magos is transferred to Infante D. Luís, who built the famous royal palace there. Its splendid Gardens, the Opera House, and the Bullfighting Arena were destroyed in a great fire in 1824, with only the Royal Chapel and the facilities of Falconry remaining today.
In this village surrounded by lezirias there is the creation of Horses. It is worth knowing what remains of the Paço Real (Royal Palace), namely the Chapel and Falconry, and also the Parish Church of São Paulo, dated 1296, the 17th-century Misericórdia Church, the beautiful 1711 Fountain of Arneiro, the grandiose Rainha Dona Amélia Railway Bridge, according to a project by Gustave Eiffel, dated 1903, and one of the most famous places in the town, the Praça de Touros de Salvaterra de Magos, opened in 1920 and still today one of the squares with more bullfighting shows of the year.
Also noteworthy is the Magos dam and reservoir, located on the Magos stream, in the hydrographic basin of the Tagus river, designed in 1936 with excellent conditions for the practice of the most varied leisure and tourism activities.
The village of Salvaterra de Magos is traditionally linked to bullfighting and animal husbandry.
