Aguada de Cima

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Aguada de Cima is a civil parish in central Portugal. It belongs to the municipality of Águeda in the Aveiro district, within the Centro region. The parish covers about 28.39 square kilometers and had 4,013 residents in 2011. It includes many small communities.

Historically, Aguada de Cima began as a Roman outpost around 350 BC and is first mentioned in 132 AD as Aqualata. Over the centuries it was associated with the Monastery of Larvão, then the Monastery of Vacarica in the Middle Ages, and later passed to Dom Sesnando, the Church of Milreu in Coimbra, the Portuguese Crown, the Cathedral of Coimbra, and finally the University of Coimbra, which held jurisdiction there. A local charter was granted on 23 August 1514 under Manuel I. It served as a regional center under the Dukes of Lafões during the Liberal era.

It was the seat of its own municipality until 1834, when it merged into Águeda. It briefly rejoined in 1835–1836 before being dissolved again. Aguada de Cima was elevated to town status (vila) on 12 July 1997, and a replica of its historic pillory was installed on 12 July 2007.