Beira Alta

"La Beira Alta es una región histórica y antigua provincia administrativa (o región natural) portuguesa, instituida formalmente por una reforma administrativa de 1936. Sin embargo, las provincias nunca tuvieron ninguna atribución práctica, y desaparecieron de la terminología administrativa (aunque no del vocabulario cotidiano de los portugueses) con la entrada en vigor de la Constitución de 1976. El territorio corresponde a la región noreste de la antigua Provincia de Beira, desaparecida en el siglo XIX."

"Beira Alta Province (Portuguese pronunciation: [bj at]) was a Portuguese province in the north of Portugal. Vast plateaus, river valleys, mountains, and castles abound in Beira Alta. Formerly it was part of the Beira Province. The two main cities were Guarda and Viseu. Other cities include Pinhel, Sabugal, Trancoso, Almeida, Oliveira do Hospital, Tondela, Mangualde, Santa Comba Dao, Seia, Gouveia, Meda. The city of Viseu, once the capital of the Beira Alta, is now in the main city within the new Dão-Lafões Subregion, which is part of the Centro Region. Guarda is now the capital of the new Beira Interior Norte Subregion within the Centro Region."