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When the Romans arrived in the region, the settlement was concentrated into two areas.

The larger, older and principal agglomeration was situated in the area of the main church and Rua de Viriato, fortified with a wall and palisade.

The second group, in the Bairro de São Ginês, were some small homes constructed on the rocky promintory, which were later appropriated by the Visigoths in order to construct a chapel.

The 1st century Roman road and two bridges ( the second was destroyed in the 17th century after flooding ) connected the outpost of Lorica to the rest of their Lusitanian province.

The barrio of São Ginês ( São Gens ), a local ex-libris, is the location of the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, an ancient Visigothic chapel.

São Gens, a Celtic saint, martyred in Arles na Gália, during the reign of Emperor Diocletian, and over time the locals began to refer to this saint as São Ginês, due to its easy of pronunciation.