Convento da Nossa Senhora da Conceicao - Beja
Inhabited since the Bronze Age, Beja became capital of the Lower Alentejo region under Roman rule in the 1st century and thence known as Pax Julia, after Julius Caesar. The Visigoths renamed it Paca until the invasion of the Moors in the 8th century where the definitive name Beja was declared. Its evident importance is perhaps owing to its stunning location rising sharply out of the fertile…
