Beja (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Francisco Yanes · 1913
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Description
Beja is a Portuguese diocese, suffragan of Evora, created in 1770 with 175,000 Catholics, 115 parishes, and 197 churches. Its city, capital of Baixo Alemtejo, is thought to be Rome's Pax Julia, still ringed by partly medieval-restored Roman walls. Affonso Henriques took it from the Moors in 1162, and it stands on a high hill amid fertile valleys of cereals, oil, and wine.
Its castle, built by King Dom Diniz, is a square mass 120 feet high, Portugal's finest surviving medieval architecture. From its top the whole Alemtejo and the Cintra mountains can be seen, and its walls bear hieroglyphics. An early episcopal city, it lost that dignity under the Moors, and its cathedral is now too modernized to date. The city holds about 8,000 people and ranks richest in Roman remains after Evora.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Francisco Yanes |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |