Generous wine village (Port wine), considered the Heart of the Douro Wine Region, in the demarcated Douro region created by the Marquis of Pombal who lived in Pesqueira when he was young. S. João da Pesqueira has a viewpoint above the Valeira dam called São Salvador do Mundo (Wilderness) with chapels, and very old. Friar Gaspar lived and died in a small cave (1594 - 1615). It is the oldest municipality in the country, dating from its creation in 1055, thus preceding all other municipalities, including cities as important at the time of the foundation as Coimbra, Guimarães or Lamego.