The history of Santiago do Cacem
Santiago do Cacém, in Setúbal district, grew into a market town amid open farm country that includes land near Abela, where a Bronze Age stone marker and the nearby Celtic and Roman town of Miróbriga mark older settlement, while farming continued across the surrounding parishes.
Open farmland near Abela, in Santiago do Cacém municipality, holds a Bronze Age stone marker found less than a mile away at Herdade das Pereiras, and lies six miles from Miróbriga, a Celtic and Roman town named by ancient writers. The ground later fell within Abela parish and has stayed farmland, grazed and plowed, while Santiago do Cacém grew into the area's market town.
A carved stone marker stood near this farmland
The point near Abela, in Santiago do Cacém municipality, lies in open farmland. Less than a mile southwest, though, diggers found a Herdade das Pereiras, a carved stone marker, dating to the Bronze Age. Six miles west stood Miróbriga, a town the Celts and later the Romans built up on the coast, important enough that ancient writers mentioned it by name.
This farmland fell under the parish of Abela
The countryside near Abela later fell under the parish of Abela, part of Santiago do Cacém. The ground stayed farmland, grazed and plowed through the centuries while Santiago do Cacém grew into the area's market town.
Open fields surround this point, with no marked structure standing on it today.
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