There are a few places called Monsanto in Portugal but this one is the Monsanto neaby a town called Idanha-a-Nova. It holds a village of stones and it is known ad the "most Portuguese village of Portugal".

The views from the top of the Monsanto are stunning. You understand why this place is called Monsanto - "Sacred Mountain"

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Here, you can see houses and bars built in the stones, paths under the stones and many of chunky stones just standing there as if they are looking over the world from the height.

"Monsanto"

 -saint mountain with stone houses-

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The peak of the Monsanto lies at 758m above the sea level and some remains of the midievel castle can be seen. Unfortunately, the catstle was destroyed in the 19th century by an explosion in the ammunition depot of the castle. Some evidences show that people were living here in the early stone age at the time of ice-ages. And of course, it was occupied by Romans and Arabs too.