Leiria Medieval
Date to be announced

Now in its 12th edition, the city returns to the medieval era with a grand historical reenactment festival, each year with a different theme highlighting moments that marked the period in Leiria.

Kings and queens, nobles, merchants, commoners, artisans, mystics, and craftsmen bring medieval times to life in the historic center of Leiria, a stage that returns to the old days.

It’s a return to an era in which Leiria played a decisive role in the construction of Portugal, where there is no shortage of entertainment, spectacle, music, and animation.

With the aim of strengthening the municipality’s cultural identity, Leiria Medieval is full of activities for the whole family and for all ages, also including gastronomy and stalls selling handicrafts and traditional arts products.

And every year, there is an associated theme, always linked to the history of our municipality.

With the aim of strengthening the municipality’s cultural identity, Leiria Medieval is full of activities for the whole family and all ages, including gastronomy and stalls selling handicrafts and traditional arts and products.

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PREVIOUS EDITIONS

2025 1325: King Dinis – The King Who Did Not Die
2024 1135: The Founding of the Castle
2023 1496: Under a Sky of Fishes
2022 The Courts of Leiria of 1438
2021 The Courts of Leiria of 1254
2020 Leiria 1437
2019 1411: Memories of the Paper Mill
2018 1401: Here the House of Braganza was born
2017 Infante D. Duarte, Heir to the Crown
2016 1385: King João I, King of the Portuguese
2015 Isabel, Holy Queen
2014 In the times of King Dinis

* Participation in activities at the Castle, which take place within its opening hours, requires the purchase of an entrance ticket.