Santiago da Cacem

Santiago da Cacem is where the residents of Mirobriga moved to when they decided that they wanted to be on top of a hill and to have a view of the Atlantic.

No Bill, the Atlantic was on the other side.

It is an indictment on me that I can only descrive the town thus: Moorish hilltop castle rebuilt by the Christians similar to the one in Montemor, which incorporates a 1755 church built on the foundations of the church ruined by the earthquake. The historic centre is the typical maze of narrow streets you find everywhere in Portugal winding down the steep slope to the river and the wider main roads out to Lisbon.

So I need a little help:
"The origins of the castle of Santiago do Cacém are rather curious, the result of the victory of a warrior princess over a fierce Moor called Kassen that took place on Santiago's (St James's) day. She therefore named it Santiago de Kassen, which, over the time, became Santiago do Cacém Rectangular in shape, ten towers and cubic turrets reinforce the halls."
Oh they didnt mention that when the castle stopped being a castle they started using the interior as a cemetery (the dead need protecting as the living can protect themselves?!)

But just occasionally you get a glimpse of life up a side street like here - a man cooking sardines for lunch, the wife coming to check on progress and the cat (bottom centre) just waiting for someone to take their eyes off the "brasa".