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Local legend says that D. Garcia, the mayor of Penha Garcia Castle, had courted D. Branca, daughter of the governor of Monsanto. On a stormy night, D. Garcia kidnapped her from her father's house. The governor ordered his soldiers to look for D. Garcia and bring justice. After months of pursuit, D. Garcia was finally captured on the slopes of the mountain. Despite the death penalty common at the time for such crimes, the governor, responding to his daughter's pleas, spared D. Garcia's life, but ordered the amputation of his left arm as punishment. Legend has it that the ghost of D. Garcia, the severed one, is seen on stormy nights, watching over Monsanto hill from the towers of Penha Garcia.
