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Arcos de Valdevez, in northern Portugal, contributed to the foundation of nationality. The so-called Arcos de Valdevez Tournament, was an important and decisive episode in the History of Portugal linked to the earliest times of nationality, which preceded the celebration of the Treaty of Zamora in 1143. In the year 1662, during the Restoration War, the village was burned down by the general governor of Castile D. Baltazar Rojas Pantoja, who established his barracks - general in the Paço de Giela, in an energetic offensive on the Minho.