Mirandela

Mirandela stands beside the Tua in the hills of northeastern Portugal. King Afonso III granted it a charter in 1250, and in 1282 King Denis ordered the town moved to São Miguel hill, where walls and a castle protected the new settlement. In 1301 Denis granted the lordship to Branca Lourenço, linking Mirandela to the Távora family. The Távoras retained influence here for centuries, supporting institutions including the local Misericórdia, until the family's disgrace and executions in 1759.