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The foundation of Envendos goes back to the first days of nationality and it seems that it was the Hospitallers, later the Order of Malta in helping to win back Afonso I of Portugal, its promoters.

The designation of Envendos is of dubious origin claiming to be a corruption of Em- Os Vendo. However, according to the toponymist Dr. Joaquim da Silveira it would be the evolutionary sequence of the primitive name Evenandus that passes to Eveando - Evendo - Enveendo - Envêdo - Envendos. Envendo is an old name of person, simple evolutionary variant of Envendo Romanic forms of Germanic origin.

Of Roman influence there are two bridges as witness those of Vale da Mua and Pracana (Ladeira). It is known that in this area there were gold explorations carried out by Carthaginians and Romans.

In several places in the parish were found traces of the Roman settlement with the discovery of VILLAE (settlements), as well as several traces of ceramic pieces near the Tagus and Ocreza where activities such as fishing, agriculture and mining wer(...)

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