Zibreira
Zibreira is a civil parish in Portugal, located within the municipality of Torres Novas, in the Santarém District. It is noted for the Aroeria cave, where the Aroeira 3 skull of a 400,000 year old Homo Heidelbergensis was found, being the oldest trace of human history in Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of Aroeira and Gruta da Nascente do Almonda.
Cave of Aroeira
Cave
Photo: UtaUtaNapishtim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave of Aroeira is an archaeological and paleoanthropological site in the Portuguese Estremadura Limestone Massif. The cave is located in the village of Almonda, in the civil parish of Zibreira, in the municipality of Torres Novas in the district of Santarém.
Gruta da Nascente do Almonda
Cave
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Gruta da Nascente do Almonda is a cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almonda and Moitas Venda.
Almonda
Hamlet
Almonda is a Portuguese village of around 300 inhabitants in the civil parish of Zibreira, within the municipality of Torres Novas and the Santarém District.
Moitas Venda
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moitas Venda is a civil parish in Alcanena Municipality, in the Médio Tejo Subregion of Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 866, in an area of 6.75 km². Moitas Venda is situated 4 km west of Zibreira.
Bugalhos
Village
Bugalhos is a civil parish in the municipality of Alcanena, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,084. Bugalhos is situated 5 km southwest of Zibreira.
Zibreira
- Type: Village with 592 residents
- Description: civil parish in Torres Novas
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Zibreira, Torres Novas, Santarém District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.48437° or 39° 29′ 4″ northLongitude
-8.61102° or 8° 36′ 40″ westPopulation
592Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)Open location code
8CFHF9MQ+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1428227828OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2261447Wikidata ID
Q198376
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