Raiva

- Pelourinho de Raiva (pillory), listed as a property of public interest since 1933.<p>- Capelas de São Lourenço, Santo Ildefonso, São José e São Caetano (chapels).<p>- Capela de São Domingos (chapel), on the Monte de São Domingos, with views over the Douro valley.<p>- Mamoas do Monte Grande (prehistoric burial mounds).<p>- Former mines of Terramonte and Gondarém.

Raiva is a small town in the municipality of Castelo de Paiva, 12 km from the municipal seat, granted town status in 2003. As early as the 1258 inquiries it was recorded as 'villa honorata', and it once held the status of a manor and council. Coal mining left its mark on the land, with traces still visible at Fôjo, near Folgoso. Merged with Pedorido and Paraíso in 2013, it regained its status as an independent parish under Law no. 25-A/2025.

Raiva is a town in the municipality of Castelo de Paiva, seat of the parish of the same name, 12 km from the municipal headquarters.<p>The inquiries of 1258 refer to it for the first time as 'villa honorata', with special privileges before the crown, and those of 1290 call it 'Villa de Rabia', the honra of D. Gonçalo Viegas. Raiva was a honra and a concelho, and its pelourinho (pillory) has been listed as a building of public interest since 1933. From its more distant past remain the mamoas (burial mounds) of Monte Grande and archaeological remains in Folgoso, Midões and Monte Alto.<p>Coal mining left its mark on the land, with traces at Fôjo, near Folgoso, the former mines of Terramonte and of the Companhia Portuguesa das Minas de Gondarém, and buildings such as the Hospital das Minas, the Cooperativa de Consumo and the Cinema da Estação. The parish is home to the chapels of São Lourenço, Santo Ildefonso, São José and São Caetano, and on Monte de São Domingos, at almost 500 metres, a chapel with a carillon and views over the Douro valley.<p>Raiva was elevated to town status on 1 July 2003. In 2013 it was merged with Pedorido and Paraíso, in the union of which it was the seat, and Law no. 25-A/2025 restored the parish. In 2011 it had 2,312 inhabitants.