Loures is a locality of the metropolitan area of Lisbon, that was one of bordering the most elegant ones to the Portuguese capital. In 1599, when the capital was devastated by the plague, many of the well off families took refuge in this zone, of healthier airs. One settled there, in Mealhada, the chapel of Our Lady of the Health, where Maria lodged itself to the image of the virgin who was engaged in of capitalEn 1910 was scene of the first republican proclamation of Portugal, day 4 of October. One of his more important architectonic characteristics is the Palace of Mail, errand to construct by a high civil employee of the administration in the days of Felipe II.