Serpins, Coimbra

House consisting of two floors, in need of partial works, with the ground floor being large with two rooms, at the moment, with utility as a wine cellar.Upper floor consisting of three bedrooms, living room with generous area and access to balcony, kitchen with oven, and large raw space that can be divided and made bedrooms.The property has outdoor space around the villa.Located in a quiet area about 15 minutes from the center of the village of Lous and 40 minutes from the city of Coimbra.Excellent investment opportunity. Come and meet us!Located on the banks of the river Ceira, about 9 kilometers from the village of Lous, the parish of Serpins is one of the oldest population clusters in the Municipality. Although, at the beginning of the nationality, the parish of Santa Maria de Serpins was part of the Monastery of Lorvo, the settlement of the parish seems to be much earlier than that date (twelfth century). As early as 943 Serpins (anthroponymic toponym) is referred to as a rustic villa on the territory of the Castle of Arouce, half of which then belonged to Zoleiman Abaiub (Solomon). The other part of the villa of Serpins belonged, quite possibly, to the ancestors of the notable Count Gonalo Monis.The local settlement must date back to Roman times, perhaps dating back to that time with the toponym itself. Due to the invasions of Almansor, the villa fell under Arab rule (end of the 10th century). King Manuel I granted it a charter in Lisbon on 27 February 1514. The village then became a village, head of a municipality created and extinguished by seigneurial causes (with the administrative reform of 1836) by liberalism. There is also in the parish the Pelourinho, a national monument that, despite being rebuilt a few decades ago, is composed of the shaft with chamfered corners on three steps and a plinth and the pine cone or finial, in which you can see a national coat of arms, in the typical shape of the sixteenth century.Also noteworthy are the two bridges, the Old Bridge, from the fourteenth century, and the New Bridge, from the seventeenth century, as they are known in the region. The Old Bridge is formed by the remains of the pillars of the medieval bridge, which are still preserved today, which may possibly date back to the Luso-Roman period. On the other hand, the New Bridge, downstream of the previous one but also crossing the river Ceira, has three wide arches and is 75 meters long. It was built in 1661, according to an inscription that is still legible, and there is also a reference to 1674, possibly of a religious nature. The Chapels of Our Lady of Grace, Our Lady of Health and St. Peter's are also good reasons for a visit to Serpins.The struggles of the people of Serpins are well known, namely the struggles waged in the middle of the century to regain the usufruct of the parish's wastelands. At a certain point, the Municipality of Lous took over the wastelands that were in Serpins and made deals with some individuals so that they could reforest and exploit the forests. The population did not like it, revolted, fought for their rights and managed to recover the land, today in its entirety under the tutelage of the Parish Council. But the event that definitively marked the life of Serpins was the emergence of the railway. The Lous Branch, initially designed to serve neighboring municipalities, arrived in Serpins in a second phase and provided the development of some industries in the parish. An example of this development was the Boque Paper Factory, which went into decline in the 80s and 90s of the twentieth century and where the first continuous paper making machine in Portugal operated.Today, other industries have emerged that are able to provide near-self-sufficiency in terms of jobs. In addition to job stabilization, one of the major concerns of the current executive is the well-being of the population. The accesses are now greatly improved and some sewer connections have been completed.