Every year, during the last weekend of August, the historical village of Almeida travels in time to 1810. Hundreds of Portuguese and foreign figurants participate in the “Recriação Histórica do Cerco de Almeida” (Historical Reenactment of the Siege of Almeida).…
The medieval fairs in Óbidos and in Santa Maria da Feira are the greatest medieval recreation events in Portugal. The Fair Each Summer, usually in July, from Thursday to Sunday, the town of Óbidos is transformed in a medieval burg,…
The Annual Introduction Days (AID) started on 16th August 2008 and it lasted for 5 days. This was great to get all kinds of useful information about my study and the city of Wageningen and, most of all, to make…
See larger map Every year, in Summer, for eleven consecutive days, a medieval fair takes place in Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal) and the city goes back to the Middle Ages. For the first time, on August 6th 2011, me,…