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[[File:Monte Sao Felix Povoa Varzim campos milho.JPG|thumb|280px|São Félix as seen frae the kintraside.]]
'''São Félix Hill''' or '''Munt São Félix''', ''Monte de São Félix'' in Portuguese, is the heichest hill in [[Póvoa de Varzim]], [[Portugal]], as measurt bi the hicht abuin sea level o its summit, {{Convert|202|m|ft}}.

São Félix is the north o the twa hills east o the ceety, the ither bein [[Cividade Hill]]. São Félix is locatit in the ceevil pairish o [[Laundos]], an is a sequence o [[Serra de Rates]] muntain range. In the Middle Ages the hill wis kent as ''Lanudos'', hence the name of the ceevil pairish.

Despite its law hicht, São Félix is easily distinguished in the landscape acause it is a significant rise in front o a coastal plain. [[Alto River]]'s source is locatit in São Félix Hill an ends at [[Rio Alto Beach]] in [[Estela (Póvoa de Varzim)|Estela]].
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==Meeths an releegion==
[[File:Santuario Senhora da Saude Povoa Varzim.JPG|thumb|150px|Senhora da Saúde Shrine. Our Lady of Good Health and Saint Félix are venerated in the hill.]]
The hill is of ancient cult to the people of Póvoa de Varzim, especially the fishermen, as it was used as a reference from the sea. It is one of the sacred hills of Northern Portugal, ''sacro-monte'' in Portuguese. It has several temples: Senhora da Saúde chapel, Senhora da Saúde Sanctuary, the small São Félix Chapel, 12 sideway shrines, and the main São Félix Chapel in the top of the hill. While Senhora da Saúde temples are located in the base, the ones from São Félix are located higher in the hill.

It is also the main pilgrimage site of Póvoa de Varzim and [[Vila do Conde]], especially important for the fisher community, who walk a 7&nbsp;km long way from the [[Matriz Church of Póvoa de Varzim]] to Senhora da Saúde Shrine. In the latest pilgrim measures, it gathered 30,000 pilgrins in 2009<ref>[http://www.correiodamanha.pt/noticia.aspx?contentid=7B545863-89CE-4644-8CD2-50B7664D77D5&channelid=00000010-0000-0000-0000-000000000010 Grandes Festas e Romarias do Norte - Procissão junta 30 mil devotos] - Correio da Manhã</ref> and over 40,000 in 2010.<ref>[http://jn.sapo.pt/paginainicial/pais/concelho.aspx?Distrito=Porto&Concelho=P%F3voa%20de%20Varzim&Option=Interior&content_id=1582255 Um mar de gente seguiu andor da Senhora da Saúde] - Jornal de Notícias</ref>

It is believed that [[Felix the Hermit|Saint Félix]] used to live in this hill, thus its current name. In a local myth, that became important for Christianity in the Iberian Peninsula, Félix is thought to have found the body of the first bishop of the Iberian Peninsula, [[Saint Peter of Rates]], in the hilltop while seeing a light every evening. This myth was used by Braga clergy in order to justify that city's religious leading role in Christian Iberia.
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==Castro cultur ruins==
The hill haes ruins o a smaw [[castro (veelage)|castro]] dounset o aroond the 2nt century B.C kent as ''Castro de Laundos'', that coud hae been an ootpost o [[Cividade de Terroso]]. A vase wi jewels inside, uised in a Castro cultur daith ritual, wis foond in 1904 this is ane o the maist important jewelry airtifacts foond in Northwast Iberie Peninsula.

==Tourism==
The hill has iconic panoramic view ower the ceety, its landwart aurie, an beaches; mills (some convertit intae holiday hooses), an the Cividade Hill.  The Rates Shooting Camp is locatit nearbi. The São Félix Stairs is uised tae reach the hilltap an can be a defy tae some, awtho ane can reach the tap throw a smaw road an aw. The stairs throw the hill can be seen frae the ceety as these are illuminatit at nicht.

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