Before Vilar, Vila Seca
Vive Cabeceiras · Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas · memória e paisagem

Names also keep changes in the territory.

Vila Seca is the former designation of Vilar de Cunhas remembered by the Municipality. The presentation brings together three villages: Vilar, Cunhas and Uz. It also distinguishes plateau and mountain areas associated with agriculture and pastoral care. A parish name can therefore cover different settlements and landscapes. The source does not date the change of designation. The municipal presentation places this territory near Montalegre and Ribeira de Pena. This position helps to understand a landscape that continues beyond the administrative limit: the villages belong to the municipality, but the valleys and relations between places invite to look also at the neighboring territories.

Sources and context
Municipality — Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas, landscape, heritage and crafts
https://cabeceirasdebasto.pt/concelho-freguesias-gondiaes-vilar-de-cunhas
Accessed: 2026-11-07

Editorial summary. The date of consultation is not the date of the facts.
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https://vivecabeceiras.pt/en/descobrir/terra-viva/?leitura=vilar-vila-seca#vilar-vila-seca