Guarda, Portugal
Latest news and stories from Trancoso.
The Guarda municipality currently has more than 900 producers and about 1,600 hectares of chestnut trees, which produce, on average, about 24,000 tonnes per season.
Con artists are cordial and travel with their “family”. The preferred targets are women driving alone, aged over 60. Victims have already lost more than 70,000 euros in 2026.
The history of this ancient fortification, which includes a 10th-century tower, tells of the Almansor campaign, the 13th-century Gothic castle, the Fair, its use in the 19th century, and its restoration by the Estado Novo.
We turn to the 'Chronicle of King John I' by Fernão Lopes to recount, step by step, this battle between the Portuguese and the Castilians on 29 May 1385, a rehearsal for the Battle of Aljubarrota months later.
The Polytechnic Institute of Guarda is now the Polytechnic University of Guarda and, on its first working day with the new status, it launched three higher technical professional courses (CTeSP) in Trancoso: cybersecurity, automotive repair, and culinary arts. The rector, Joaquim Brigas, anticipates that more courses of this kind will be launched in other municipalities. “The first courses will be in Trancoso...”
The Guarda Local Health Unit (ULS) states that the closure is due exclusively to a shortage of doctors. Patients who cannot be seen are referred to the Guarda Hospital. According to the local authority, the failure lies with the physical space.
The operation of the Trancoso Health Centre's emergency service has been affected since Tuesday night.
The incident resulted in a burnt area of approximately 0.15 hectares of pasture (hay), explains the GNR, with the facts having been reported to the Judicial Court of Trancoso.
This Friday was marked by a protest in Trancoso. There are no longer doctors in two parishes and the population is outraged.
The ICNF has requested that the Trancoso City Council, as the entity responsible for the construction work, “suspend the works during the species' nesting period.”
The intervention caused the “direct destruction of nests,” noted the ICNF, which also states that a permit should have been requested for the works, as the colony was already known.
Works are taking place during the species' breeding season, which several associations point out is prohibited by law.
The origins of the fire are yet to be determined.
