Pomarão
Pomarão is a place in the Alentejo in Portugal , which belongs to the Mértola district and the Freguesia municipality of Santana de Cambas . The population was 863 in 2001. The place has a direct border with Spain and is located on the left bank of the Guadiana at the confluence with the border river Chança . The small port of the place is used by yachtsmen and other boats.
history
The mining company of the Mina de São Domingos has constructed installations such as warehouses, storage areas and a loading facility for ore from the nearby mine for loading at the river terminal in Pomarão. Ore freighters who sailed the Guadiana River from the Algarve coast docked here. It was loaded with pyrite ore that had previously been transported by rail from the Mina de São Domingos. In 1966 this mine was closed. The ore line, which was built exclusively for freight traffic in 1858 , was one of the first rail lines in Portugal. As early as 1864 , 563 cargo ships docked in the port of Pomarão to pick up ore loads. This freight traffic practically represented the limit for a freight transport on the Guadiana, as this only had a draft of about four meters in some places.
literature
- Sara Lier, Thomas Stankiewicz: Portugal travel guide - time for the best: highlights, insider tips. Bruckmann Verlag GmbH, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-7654-8508-4 .
- Rolf Osang, Kay Maeritz: Algarve travel guide - time for the best: highlights, insider tips. Bruckmann Verlag GmbH, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7654-5886-6 .
Coordinates: 37 ° 33 ′ N , 7 ° 31 ′ W