Barroso (region)

For other uses, see Barroso.
Estrada Boticas - Salto.

Barroso or Terras de Barroso (Lands of Barroso) is the traditional name of the region formed by the Portuguese municipalities of Montalegre and Boticas.

The Terras de Barroso existed as an administrative division of Portugal from 1273 to 1876,[1] and the term "Barroso" and "Barrosã/Barrosão" (adjective) continue to be widely used to refer to the distinctive and isolated heritage, culture and landscape of this area. The region was one of the first in Europe, in 2018, to be recognised by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation as a 'Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System.'[2] The stocky Barrosã cattle with long curved horns are farmed across the North of Portugal and have been extensively studied because of their ancient genetic heritage.

Banner outside Boticas council offices, celebrating the Barroso region's "World Agricultural Patrimony" Status October 2022
  1. ^ Vaz Chaves, Domingos (2016). Terras de Barroso Origens e Caracteristicas de uma Região (in Portuguese). p. 11. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Barroso Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral System". Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Retrieved 10 June 2019.