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The name of the town derives from the Latin term oppidum, meaning "citadel", or "fortified city".
Óbidos history begins around 300 years before Christ. Built by the Celts, it would later be occupied by the Romans, the Visigoth, the Arabs and finally the 1st portuguese king, Dom Afonso Henriques, conquered it in 1148.
The town received its first charter in 1195, under the reign of Sancho I.
Largely affected by the great earthquake of Lisbon, in 1755, the reconstruction preserved the ancient style.
King D. Joăo V gave it the name in the title, alluding to the battlement color. Today it is an unique sight, when you drive by the Lisbon highway coming to Caldas da Rainha.