Marechal Carmona Dam

Named after Óscar Carmona, a Portuguese Army officer and politician, it is a gravity type dam located besides a tight granite throat over the Campinas, in Idanha-a-Nova municipality.

A few kilometres outside the town of Idanha-a-Nova lies this dam which completely transformed the landscape of the valley and separated the two Idanhas – the Nova (New) and the Velha (Old).

The reservoir now contains a large artificial lake that is ideal for canoeing and other water sports.

Sports and leisure activities in its reservoir include fishing, swimming, sailing boats and windsurf.

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The dam began to fill in 1946 during Estado Novo .
Beach on the banks of Marechal Carmona Dam reservoir where a camping park is located and the Boom Festival takes place.