Sazes da Beira is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Seia. The population in 2011 was 283, in an area of 7.79 km². Sazes’ mines were already explored by the Romans in V b.C. The village was founded by families of shepherds who come from Sandomil and Corgas (closest town and village respectively) looking for fertile territories near water. The first definitive fixation of people was in the 15th century, in the place known since the 18th century as Sazes Velho (“Old Sazes” literally). In 1527 the village had 65 inhabitants. However, in the pursue of lands more near the water, it was founded the village of Sazes da Beira. We can’t know the date of the foundation of its freguesia, existing however parochial registers since 1612, that makes us suppose that the parish should hav