Olhos d'Água -Portugal
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N 39° 19.723 W 009° 13.872
29S E 480072 N 4353281
The "Olhos de Agua" are located in the village center, whose most famous springs is due, to all appearances, the origin of the toponym "Olho Marinho".
Waymark Code: WMA8C8
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/01/2010
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?These waters, believed to have mineral and medicinal properties, spring from the rock at a constant temperature of 21 degrees centigrade.
Despite its use date back to the Roman times, the springs gained more importance when they were associated with visits to the region Inês de Castro and they served for the cures of this famous lady who was crowned queen by D. Pedro I, after murdered.
One is, however, the direct relationship between the "Eye Water" and population growth around them, giving rise later to the places which are now the parish, as well as its agricultural prosperity, economic and social development, along the centuries.
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