[2] A. Pereira Lopo, writing in 1898, alludes to the greatness of the Castro of Babe, which had been an important station during the Roman era.

and funerary stone ("A1 e EQVITIAL (ae) II") with vestiges of three figures in low relief.

Remains of the Roman settlement can be found in funerary crypts and Bronze Age implements.

[4] The modern parish of Babe, dates to the medieval period, when it was referred to as Sancti Petride Babi, which it would continue to remain until the 13th-century Inquirições of King Afonso III.

Situated 10.5 kilometres from the municipal seat of Bragança, Babe occupies an area accessible by the EN218, or along the EN308 from Gimonde.