Cascais topographic map

Name: Cascais topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Cascais, Lisbon, Grande Lisboa, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal (38.67589 -9.48655 38.76899 -9.30807)

Average elevation: 97 m

Minimum elevation: 0 m

Maximum elevation: 502 m

The settlement's prosperity led to its administrative independence from Sintra in 1364. On 7 June 1364, the people of Cascais obtained from King Peter I the elevation of the village to the status of town, necessitating the appointment of local judges and administrators. The townspeople were consequently obligated to pay the Crown 200 pounds of gold annually, as well as bearing the expense of paying the local administrators' salaries. Owing to the regions' wealth, these obligations were easily satisfied. The town and the surrounding lands were owned by a succession of feudal lords, the most famous of whom was João das Regras (died 1404), a lawyer and professor of the University of Lisbon who was involved in the ascension of King John I to power as the first King of the House of Aviz.