Chão de São Francisco

Quinta de S. Francisco”, located 5 km from Viseu city – or wasn’t Viseu the heart of province of Beira – is, in its whole, an appealing and restful place of the picturesque and the calm, in which one feels to live in the landscape.

It has a vast history, dating back to the 18th Century, along with the “Casa de Treixedo” in Viseu, properties of the Viscount of Treixedo, a detached member of the province noblemen’s family.

“Quinta de S. Francisco” owns a referenced manor house of Beira, which represents an architectural, historical and religious legacy, important for the region of Viseu.

With about 8 hectares of vineyard, it also houses a chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Escravos, founded in 1660, a patrimonial testimony of Portugal history from the 17th century. “Quinta de S. Francisco” also possesses the image of the saint who gives it Its name, an example of the people’s faith and belief and of the rural lordship of the era.

“Chão de São Francisco” is a family project started in the 1990s, aiming the dream and objective to produce and commercialize DOC wines of recognized quality.