page_title: Almeida, Portugal
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Almeida, Portugal / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Almeida, Portugal
context_page_description: Almeida is a fortified village and a municipality in the sub-region of Beira Interior Norte and the District of Guarda, Portugal. The town proper has a population of 1,300 people. The municipality population in 2011 was 7,242, in an area of 517.98 square kilometres. It is located in Riba-Côa river valley. The present Mayor is António Baptista Ribeiro, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 2.
context_section_description: In and around the environment of Almeida, evidence of Human occupation can be found back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Evidence has also been found of Roman occupation followed by the Suevi and the Visigoths. The first fortification constructed in the settlement were constructed by the Muslims who occupied the village until Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. It was during this time that the current name was first used, in the form of the Arabic al-Ma'ida ('the plateau').
caption: Almeida, Portugal
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "Autosave-File vom d-lab2/3 der AgfaPhoto GmbH", "Image Make": "AgfaPhoto GmbH", "Image Model": "d-lab.2/3", "Image Software": "RB98k or later from AgfaPhoto GmbH  d-lab.2/3", "Image DateTime": "2010:10:26 12:24:13", "Image Artist": "Only the Best :-))", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ReferenceBlackWhite": "[0, 255, 128, 255, 128, 255]", "Image ExifOffset": "332", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3000", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2000"}