 Over time a small agglomeration began to form in the area called "Montinha", in the place that was later known as "aldeia velha" ("old farm").By November 1481, in the "Cortes" of the city of Évora, the representatives of the people determined the need to create chapels and hospitals in various comarcas of the Kingdom.It was during this meeting that Mareleja began to receive religious attention, but few formal records after 1527 identify what became of these deliberations