Near the locality of Bouças, exists Penedo da Moura, a large collection of stones that were likely a dismantled dolmen, and in its surroundings are the vestiges of castros and small human settlements, such as in Toutosa and Canaveses (the lateral a Roman village).

[2] During the medieval period, Santo Isidoro acted as a stopping point for wayfarers and pilgrims transiting the region, but obtained local administrative privileges owing to its master, Egas Moniz.

[2] A regal charter by Manuel I, dated July 1497, clearly affirmed, "...the town of Canaveses, and the localities and the annexes" were registered to Egas Moniz.

[2] The rural area is primarily responsible for agriculture, with other activities in the textile and forest industry occupying a secondary role in the communities.

Home to a traditional family, the interior is marked by a coat-of-arms and panels of azulejos; it was restored in order to introduce and promote rural tourism.