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Most Portuguese village in Portugal

"From my village I see as much in the Universe as you can see from earth...
So my village is as big as any other land
Because I’m the size of...
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"From my village I see as much in the Universe as you can see from earth...
So my village is as big as any other land
Because I’m the size of what I see,
Not the size of my height…”
Fernando Pessoa
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Monsanto, which sits off of a mountaintop overlooking Portugal's countryside in the Idanha-a-Nova municipality, is known for its architecture set among the area's massive boulders. Walk through its tiny streets and you'll come across homes with boulders coming out of their roofs or even fitted as doors.
Monsanto was voted in 1938 the "most Portuguese village in Portugal" nestles on the slope of a steep hill (the Monsanto head, known in Latin as Mons Sanctus), which rises abruptly above the prairy and reaches a height of 758 meters (2486 feet).
The most typical aspect of Monsanto is the fact that the village developed around impressively big and miraculously balanced granitic boulders.
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