Tourist Office of Santiago do Cacém
Praça de Mercado Municipal  -  7540 Santiago do Cacém  -  Tel. 269 826 696/269 826 887

Santiago do Cacém is a peaceful town in the south of Portugal, whose origins date back to remote times. In the Roman period, it was an important town situated on the road linking Lisbon to the Algarve, a factor which greatly contributed to its development.
The definitive Christian conquest of the town took place in the thirteenth century in 1217, being achieved by the forces led by D. Afonso II, although there had been an earlier conquest in 1157 by the Knights Templar. It was around this time that the castle originally founded by the Moors was rebuilt. Other buildings of historical and architectural interest are the thirteenth-century parish church and the seventeenth-century chapel of São Pedro.
 This town has one of the oldest Pousadas de Portugal - the Pousada de São Tiago (1947) - its name recalling the period of history when this region was given to the knights of the Order of Santiago (St. James), who were made responsible for its defence and repopulation.
No visit to this region would be complete without a trip to the nearby ruins of Miróbriga, an important livestock farming centre and spa in Roman times. The archaeological site includes an important urban nucleus encompassing a hippodrome, several houses (some of which have mural paintings) and a clearly defined akropolis
, where the forum and public baths are quite visible.

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