Ribeira Branca

Ribeira Branca is a village in União das freguesias de Torres Novas (São Pedro), Lapas e Ribeira Branca, Torres Novas, Santarém District and has about 167 residents. Ribeira Branca is situated nearby to the hamlet Ribeira Ruiva, as well as near Casal da Pinheira.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grutas existentes na freguesia de Lapas and Estádio Municipal Doutor Alves Vieira.

Grutas existentes na freguesia de Lapas

Cave

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Grutas existentes na freguesia de Lapas is a cave.

Estádio Municipal Doutor Alves Vieira

Stadium

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Estádio Municipal Doutor Alves Vieira is a stadium, which is situated 2½ km east of Ribeira Branca.

Cave of Aroeira

Cave

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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. Cave of Aroeira is situated 4 km northwest of Ribeira Branca.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zibreira and Almonda.

Zibreira

Village

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. Zibreira is situated 3 km west of Ribeira Branca.

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. Almonda is situated 3½ km west of Ribeira Branca.