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Car Rental Leiriatravel resources>> portugal>> car hire leiriaBooking Rent a Car Leiria with one of our car rentals deals, including cheap car rental Leiria, online at Imakoocars.co.uk. To book a car for your holiday to just use the rent car booking engine below or select from a choice of rent a car Leiria. Imakoocars has access to a huge fleet of cars & vans from economy to luxury rentals, and 4x4s to MPVs. We are dedicated to finding you the cheapest deal on car rental Leiria and rent car airport Leiria. Cheap rates guaranteed! We Imakoocars guarantee the best Leiria Airport rent a car prices and service compare to all international car rental companies like Alamo, Avis, Europcar, Hertz, Budget, Holiday Autos, Auto Europe and Thrifty To get a free quotation for your rent a car Leiria click on the image and you will be able to discover in 3 steps the cost of your car rental. You can also send us an email to reservations@imakoocars.co.uk, or call us on +(34) 952 057240        City Guide LeiriaLeiria; It was Dom Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, who reconquered the Moorish castle set on the hilltop (where Leiria now stands) for the Christians in 1135, around 6 kms from an older settlement founded by the Romans called Colippo. However, Leiria Castle was recaptured by the Moors in 1190, and it was only two years later that King Dom Sancho I finally retook it and rebuilt the walls.
During Dom Dinis's reign (13th-14th centuries), Leiria became very important, since the king and his wife Queen Santa Isabel chose it as one of the royal residences, building the Royal Palace within the castle walls. King Dom João I later ordered it to be rebuilt in the Gothic style, adding the loggia with its eight ogival arches on the façade overlooking the town, the centrepiece of the castle. Dom Dinis also ordered the planting of the Leiria pine forest, so as to hold back the shifting sand on the coast. The wood from the trees was used for exalted purposes in the 15th and 16th centuries, as the building material for the ships that undertook the historic Discoveries. During the Middle Ages Leiria was a thriving economic centre, particularly important for wood, cereal and other food produce, ores and manufactured goods. It can also boast of being the first city in Portugal to manufacture paper at the beginning of the 14th century. The town began its development on the hill, within and around the castle, and then began to expand down to the river banks. In the mid-16th century it became a city and diocesan See, the start of the town's golden age, to which the vast complex of 16th to 18th century architectural heritage bears witness, dominated by the Cathedral. The "Brisas do Lis" ("Breezes of the Lis") are the pride of the local confectionery, taking their name from the river that runs through the town. In the surrounding area, the main draws are the beaches of Pedrogão, São Pedro de Moel and Vieira de Leiria.  Attention! Rembember that it is very important to make up your mind about booking your rent a car as soon as possible. Thus you have your Rent a Car Leiria for sure and you avoid troubles on arrival by not finding the hire car that suits your needs. Car rent Leiria. |
