Pêra Velha is a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Moimenta da Beira, Portugal.

[4] Its name, literally old pear, refers to the boulders and rocks that are found in Moimenta da Beira.

The tributaries of the Paiva and Varosa Rivers wind through the plateaus, providing irrigated fertile lands that could be used to support the early clans.

[4] Almançor's Moorish forces eventually crossed the same territory after destroying the castle of Moimenta da Beira, around the 9th century.

[4] The Goths from Asturias eventually retook and repopulated the region, which was vaguely populated, reorganizing and forming an administrative territory (municipality) that included the villages of Peva, Ariz and Soutosa.