history
Terena (São Pedro) is a civil parish in the municipality of Alandroal, in the district of Évora, covering 82.97 km² and home to 680 inhabitants (2021); it includes the village of Terena and the hamlet of Hortinhas. Terena received its first charter in the 13th century, granted by the knight D. Gil Martins and his wife, D. Maria João, and a new charter from D. Manuel I on 10 October 1514. It was the seat of a municipality, encompassing the parishes of Terena, Capelins and Santiago Maior, until 1836, when it was incorporated into Alandroal. The castle formed part of the defensive line along the Guadiana. The Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Boa Nova is already mentioned by Afonso X in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, and the Boa Nova pilgrimage takes place on the Sunday and Monday of Pascoela. In the late 1970s, the Barragem do Lucefécit was built. The heritage also includes the Igreja Matriz de São Pedro (Parish Church), the Igreja da Misericórdia (Church), the Ermida de São Sebastião (Hermitage), the former Paços do Concelho (Town Hall), the pelourinho (pillory), the Torre do Relógio (Clock Tower) and the Santuário de Endovélico, in São Miguel da Mota.
