Type of site:
Rocky outcrops
Place of location: Cobragança
Village/Town:
Municipality: (Santarém)
Region: Lezíria do Tejo
State: Portugal
Website: http://www.museumacao.pt/
Natural Environment:
Mação is a Portuguese town belonging to the district of Santarém, in the province of Beira Baixa, Central region and sub-region of Médio Tejo, with less than 2000 inhabitants.
It is the seat of a municipality with an area of 399.98 km² and approximately 7,000 inhabitants, subdivided into 6 parishes. The municipality is bordered to the northeast by the municipality of Proença-a-Nova, to the east by Vila Velha de Ródão and Nisa, to the south by Gavião, to the southwest by Abrantes, to the west by Sardoal and Vila de Rei, and to the northwest by Sertã.