Salvaterra

Salvaterra de Magos lies amid the fertile lowlands of the Tagus. In April 1383 a marriage treaty was signed here between Beatrice of Portugal and John I of Castile, shortly before the succession crisis that brought the two kingdoms into conflict. The infante Luís received Salvaterra in 1542 and had a royal palace built, with enclosed grounds used for hunting. The palace later included gardens and a theater, but a great fire in 1824 destroyed much of the complex, leaving its chapel and falconry buildings.