Casa de Mesquitela
The Residence of Mesquitela (), is a signeurial building typical of the Beira historical region, in the civil parish of Mesquitela, municipality of Mangualde. History Its construction was started and/or completed between the end of the 16th century or beginning of the 17th century, although some suggest the 1500s. By 1678, the house as associated with a Domingos do Amaral. Alterations were made to the house with the inclusion of a formal chapel in 1722 (from an inscription on the door of the chapel). Sometime during the 18th century it became a headquarters for forces during the third Napoleonic invasion of Portugal. Similarly, during the Liberal Wars Brigadier Manuel Cardoso de Faria Pinto, used this reside (where lived at that time) as base during the battles between absolutists and liberals. On 2 January 1997, from a dispatch of the Ministry of Culture (), the residence was classified as a Property of Public Interest (): since 1988, it had already been adapted as a tourist residence. Architecture The residence is into the rural countryside of Mangualde, encircled by walls that divide several patios (with the exception of the western and eastern flanks). Its horizontal plan is composed of a single floor,