Geography
Terroso is located 5 km north of downtown Póvoa de Varzim; and is bordered by Navais and Estela to the nort; Laundos and the municipality of Vila do Conde to the east; Amorim to the west and Beiriz to the south. Most of the parish is crowned by Cividade Hill and it extends to São Lourenço plain.
Cividade Hill was known by its pure waters, and an aqueduct was raised in the 17th century, stretching to the Monastery of Santa Clara in Vila do Conde.
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