It is known as the capital of the horse because of the Feira Nacional do Cavalo in November. According to tradition, it grew from an inn opened by a Galician woman from Santar\u00e9m in the time of Afonso Henriques or Sancho I. Manuel I took a great interest in the town and paid for part of its church. In 2013 the municipality gained the freguesia of Pombalinho, which had belonged to Santar\u00e9m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manueline, first half of the 16th century, with a very prominent doorway. National Monument since 1910.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The photographer’s workshop (1838\u20131894), a museum since 20 April 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former farm of the Order of Christ, within the municipality, near S\u00e3o Caetano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 2021 census, the freguesia of Goleg\u00e3 had 3,591 inhabitants; its area is 38.4 km\u00b2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Feira Nacional do Cavalo (or St Martin’s fair), every November. Adega Ribatejana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goleg\u00e3 is the end of the Santar\u00e9m \u2013 Goleg\u00e3<\/a> stage and the start of Goleg\u00e3 \u2013 Tomar<\/a>. The stage ends in Largo da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, in front of the Manueline parish church. There are caf\u00e9s, restaurants, a few shops and two private albergues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This guide lists 2 places to stay for pilgrims in Goleg\u00e3, with checked prices, beds and seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the end of the Santar\u00e9m \u2013 Goleg\u00e3 stage (30.7 km \/ 19.1 miles) and the start of the Goleg\u00e3 \u2013 Tomar stage (30.3 km \/ 18.8 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" History of Goleg\u00e3 It is known as the capital of the horse because of the Feira Nacional do Cavalo in November. According to tradition, it grew from an inn opened by a Galician woman from Santar\u00e9m in the time of Afonso Henriques or Sancho I. Manuel I took a great interest in the town and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499,"parent":793,"menu_order":212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-925","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How many albergues are there in Goleg\u00e3?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Which stage of the Portuguese Camino is Goleg\u00e3 on?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n