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| | Nelson Ricardo: Serra do Bouro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | It is bordered on the northwest by the the freguesia of Salir do Porto and by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by the freguesia of Nadadouro; to the east by the freguesia of Tornada; and to the west by the freguesia of Foz do Arelho and the Atlantic Ocean. |
 | | It was first inhabited in the 16th century by a family known as the Viegas, hailing from Terras de Bouro (in the Minho region to the north), who started by building a farm in the present-day place of Espinheira and building an still existing chapel which would later be expanded. |
 | | The greatest evolution of the freguesia has been witnessed in the past 20 years: construction of new homes, however dispersed, and installation of utilities such as water, light, telephone, basic sanitation, roadways, etc... |
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