Ponte de Sor

Ponte de Sor takes its name from a bridge over the Sor, in the inland country of the Alentejo. A Roman military road between Lisbon and Mérida passed through the area. The chronicler Rui de Pina related that King Duarte injured his shoulder while indicating the height of a wall being built at the small town; the king died at Abrantes shortly afterwards. In 1514 Manuel I granted Ponte de Sor a charter, setting out the rights of its inhabitants and its place among the kingdom's municipalities.