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'''Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape''' is a [[Protected areas|protected landscape]] in the [[Montejunto-Estrela]] mountain range, spanning the municipalities of [[Alenquer, Portugal|Alenquer]] and [[Cadaval]] in [[Lisbon District]], [[Portugal]]. It is the highest natural viewpoint of [[Estremadura Province (1936-1976)|Estremadura]], rising to {{convert|666|m}} of altitude.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guiadacidade.pt/es/poi-serra-de-montejunto-16094|title=Serra de Montejunto|publisher=guiadacidade.pt|language=Portuguese|accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref> The area is part of the Estremenho Limestone Massif. Geologically is {{convert|15| km}} long and {{convert|7|km}} wide, and is rich in caves, sewage ponds and prehistoric fossils.

==Fauna and flora==
Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape is particularly noted for its colony of ''[[Miniopterus schreibersi]]'', with a cave in Cadaval being classified as an Important National Bat Roost, with several thousand roosting during the winter months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319084289|title=EMERGENCE, RETURN AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII AND RHINOLOPHUS SPP. AT CADAVAL BAT ROOST (PORTUGAL)|publisher=14th European Bat Research Symposium|date=14 August 2017|accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref> Flora found in the area include ''[[Arabis sadina]]'', ''[[Coincya cintrana]]'', ''[[Juncus valvatus]]'', ''[[Narcissus calcicola]]'' and ''[[Silene longicilia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235624548|author1=Espírito-Santo, Maria |author2=Moreira, Ilídio |author3=Rodríguez-González, Patricia |year=2005|title= Vegetation and Landscape of Serra de Montejunto|publisher= Quercetea. 7. 81-92.|accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Protected areas of Portugal}}


[[Category:Protected landscapes of Portugal]]
[[Category:Natura 2000 in Portugal]]


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