Teresa de Leão-Ponte de Lima

Statue of Dona Teresa, queen of Portugal who chartered Ponte de Lima, making it the oldest town ('vila') in Portugal.

Statue of Rainha Dona Teresa, the first monarch of Portugal, daughter of Alfonso VI of León-Castilla, mother of Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal.

Statue of Rainha Dona Teresa, the first monarch of Portugal, daughter of Alfonso VI of León-Castilla, mother of Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal. Teresa is depicted with a royal crown atop her head and with the scroll containing the charter establishing Ponte de Lima as a vila in 1125.

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