history
The União das Freguesias de Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário is a civil parish in the municipality of Mafra, covering 31.65 km² and home to 3,979 inhabitants (2021 census). It was created in the 2013 administrative reorganisation, merging the former parishes of Enxara do Bispo, Gradil and Vila Franca do Rosário; the latter had been established in 1939 with settlements from Enxara do Bispo. Its heritage includes the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Church) in Enxara do Bispo, the Igreja de São Silvestre (Church) in Gradil, the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Church) in Vila Franca do Rosário, the Capela de Nossa Senhora do Socorro (Chapel) on the heights of the Serra do Socorro, the Pelourinho de Enxara dos Cavaleiros, and the Rota Histórica das Linhas de Torres.