About Ericeira...
In 1229 the Village of Ericeira received a first Charter and later in 1513 a second one, recognizing its importance as fishing village as well as a commercial port. During the XVII and XVIII centuries it played an important role as the fourth custom-house of the country, with more than one thousand seamen and hundreds of trade ships. His name Ericeira ( Eyriceira – Oyriceira) philologically means “Place of Sea-Urchins” making allusion to the rich populations of these “shell-f
