Gouveia (Sintra)

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A typical street sign in Gouveia carrying a stanza (in this case, the "Butcher's street").
A typical street sign in Gouveia carrying a stanza (in this case, the "Butcher's street").

Gouveia is a village located in the municipality of Sintra, next to the town of Fontanelas, Portugal. Gouveia is known as the aldeia em verso (village in verse), due to the fact that its signs containing the names of the streets always carry a stanza.