Mós ancient medieval village - Portugal

The parish of Mós is about 600 meters high, has 246 inhabitants in an area of ​​58.69 km², located between the rivers of Mós and Santa Marinha. It is surrounded by several elevations such as Monte da Forca Velha, Lagareira, Lagarinhos and Forca Nova. Former Medieval Village received charter from D. Afonso Henriques in 1162. It had a castle, of which the walls of the small fence it owned remain. With an oval shape and an open door to the south, it was an important sentinel of the borderlands. In 1836, the municipality of Mós was extinguished and annexed to Torre de Moncorvo. In addition to the village, the parish had several population centers of which only Quinta das Centeeiras remains inhabited. The trajectory of this village at the end of the Middle Ages and Modern Age, seems to be one of decay and depopulation, observing in parallel the growth of the only place in the term, Carviçais. In 1372, in the context of the wars with Castile, D. Fernando would end the Torre de Moncorvo with the places of Mós and Vilarinho da Castanheira,
Castle
From the old castle, the walls of the small fence are preserved, with an oval outline, with fine schist masonry walls, and an open door to the south. The abandoned state of the place makes it difficult to characterize the urbanism within the walls , however, there is a structuring axis in the N/S direction, which they call the right street. Outside the walls, the outskirts were developed around the square where the Casa da Câmara and the pillory were located, which grew along the main exit paths towards Freixo de Espada to Cinta, Barca d'Alva, the Tower from Moncorvo or Miranda
Church of Santa Maria
Religious, Renaissance architecture. Parish church with a longitudinal plan with 1 counterforted nave, 3 transverse sections, frontage in a gable truncated by an axial bell tower with a double window and portals with a full arch. Interior with Baroque carved altarpieces in the national style and main altarpiece in Rocaille style. Built in the century. XVI
Pillory
Pillory of which seven fragments are preserved: (1) trunk-pyramidal base, frame and column base decorated with lanceolate motifs; (2) undecorated shaft portion, flat surface, prismatic, hexagonal section, smooth; (3) another section of the shaft; (4) another section of the shaft; (5) frame; (6) prismatic capital decorated with strung motifs; (7) pyramidal finial.
Santa Barbara Viewpoint
The chapel and viewpoint of Santa barbara are located in the parish of Mós, municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in the Douro Superior sub-region, in the crown of the designated Monte de Santa Bárbara, located northwest of the village, 423 meters from altitude, allowing you to see a vast landscape of great beauty, with an extension over the river greater than that found in the viewpoints of Nossa Senhora do Viso and São Martinho, in the same municipality.
From the various points of the viewpoint, several villages can be discovered, highlighting the village of Mós, which is sheltered on the southwestern slope, Monte Meão, completely surrounded by the river, and the chapels / viewpoints of São Martinho and Nossa Senhora do Viso.
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