Beja

Capital of the District, Beja, known as Pax Julia - as it was here that Júlio César formalized peace with the Lusitanos in the 1st century BC -, was definitively conquered between 1232 and 1234, but, at that time, the territory of the Pax Julia’s old diocese was divided in the dioceses of Évora and Badajoz. The first conquest occurred in 1162, but it was only in the first half of the following century that the city became definitively a Portuguese possession. The traces of the Order of Santiago are clearly visible on the azulejo tiles with the scallop, until we reach the city's largest silhouette, the keep of Beja’s Castle, where the Tourism Office is installed.