Montemor-o-Novo

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias): • Cabrela • Ciborro • Cortiçadas de Lavre e Lavre • Foros de Vale de Figueira • Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras • Santiago do Escoural • São Cristóvão == Gallery ==

Image:Castelo de Montemor-o-Novo6.jpg|The city castle. Image:Montemor-o-Novo2.jpg|Town square. Image:Castelo de Montemor-o-Novo5.jpg|The local landscape. ==Notable people==

• Vasco Gil Sodré (c.1450 — c.1500) a Portuguese navigator, early settler of the Azores island of Graciosa • Saint John of God (1495–1550) a canonized Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God. • Fernando Martins Mascarenhas (c.1548 – 1628) a scholar, theologian, and church leader • Maria Clara Correia Alves (1869–1948) a Portuguese feminist, co-founder of the National Council of Portuguese Women • Kalidás Barreto (1932–2020), trade unionist. • Luís Capoulas Santos (born 1951) a Portuguese politician and Govt. Minister • Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese contemporary artist and activist ==References==