Beiras Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
name of a region (and former province) in north-central Portugal
About Beiras
The Beiras (BAY-ruhsh, /ˈbɐj.ɾɐʃ/) provinces cover the centre of the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Spanish border. TheBeirõeshave endemic age old traits. The ancient Celtic-Iberian people gradually come down from the safety of their highlands and mixed with Mediterranean newcomers arriving on the lower coastal regions and upriver from estuaries. The later Lusitanian tribes are known over time, perhaps for reasons of self preservation, for having retreated to the high ground and also preferred forest cover to open spaces. The Punic Wars/Roman period decimated much of those people and their culture, however, despite the migrations and mixing of different ethnicities, pockets of relatively unmixed groups survived within areas of difficult access. With invasions happening from time to
Beiras Travel Guide Sections
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