"Cercado dos Veados" - "Deer Reserve"

In Sítio, on the way to Praia do Norte, in the Pinewood of Our Lady of Nazaré we find the "Cercado dos Veados" – “the Deer Reserve”, a joint project of the Municipality of Nazaré and the Confraria (Brotherhood of Our Lady of Nazaré), in order to evoke and remember the miracle of Our Lady of Nazaré to the Knight D. Fuas Roupinho.

Here you can see several specimens of red deer. The red deer or red deer (Cervus elaphus) is a species of large deer in the northern hemisphere, distributed across Europe, Asia and North Africa. It is the largest deer after the Elk. Males can reach 250 kilograms and females up to 150 kilograms. The red deer's coat changes with the season, ranging from reddish brown in summer to dark brown in winter. They present sexual dimorphism, that is, the male is different from the female, the male is heavier and has a robust neck compared to females, another particularity, the stems only develop in males.