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European Flying Scale Models Championship, F4, Pombal 2005 A Town with 800 years of history
At the Municipal Museum, installed in the old prison, there is an impressive collection of art and documents focusing on the marquis. The town, however, was founded in the 12th century by the Knights Templar and is dominated by a stately castle which belonged to the Master of the Templar's, Gualdim Pais. According to legend, the name of Pombal (dovecote) was given to the town when the king saw many pigeons on the castle's battlements. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||