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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora da Pena - LeiriaLocated within the castle walls, the Church of Our Lady of Mercy represents the medieval roots of the city. Seemingly in ruins, this is actually the deliberate result of the Romantic spirit driving its restoration at the beginning of the 20th (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Cruz - BragaThe Church was built on the orders of the founder of the Order of the Holy Cross Jerónimo Portilo who was later granted the title of Royal Fellow by king João VI (1816-26). Building began in 1625 but was only completed in 1737 hence the presence of (...)
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria das JúniasThis is the most isolated of all the Cistercian churches in Portugal, set in a valley surrounded by mountain peaks, close to the border with Galicia. To reach the church, visitors must walk 200 metres down into the valley, but the site's uniquely (...)
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MonumentsCapela do Senhor das Barrocas - AveiroThis small chapel, begun in 1722, is one of the most interesting monuments in Aveiro. It is composed of two parts: the octagonal nave and the rectangular chancel. Three beautiful and highly decorated portals can be seen on the outside. The pediments (...)
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MonumentsTorre de MenagemThe Keep was built on the orders of Dinis on pre-existing foundations in 1324. A tablet stone near the entranceway, bearing the coat of arms of Portugal and Aragon (belonging to Isabel, the king's wife), testifies to its origins.The tower and its (...)
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MonumentsConcatedral de Miranda do Douro (Antiga Sé)Miranda do Douro Co-cathedral Where to admire the Baby Jesus of Cartolinha.Following a political and religious reorganisation by King D. João III that affected the cathedrals of Portalegre and Leiria, construction on the Miranda do Douro (...)
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Website: http://www.culturanorte.pt/pt/patrimonio/concatedral-de-mira (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria MadalenaConsidered to be the largest church on the island of Pico, the Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena was built in the 17th century, although it now displays a 19th-century façade decorated in the revivalist style of that period. It is worth going inside to (...)
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MonumentsAqueduto da Amoreira - ElvasAmoreira AqueductDating from 1498, building of the Aqueduct was initially overseen by Francisco de Arruda, an architect who worked on the Tower of Belém in Lisbon. The works were subsequently continued by Afonso Álvares, Diogo Marques and Pero Vaz (...)
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MonumentsAqueduto dos Arcos do SardãoThis aqueduct was built in 1720 at the orders of José Bento Leitão, the maternal grandfather of the Portuguese writer Almeida Garrett.It was built to carry water from a spring at Vilar de Andorinho to the palace of Quinta do Sardão. It is a robust (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de São Vicente - GuardaLocated on Rua Direita, one of the main city thoroughfares connecting two of the gateways, the Porta d´El Rei and the Porta da Erva, the current Church of São Vicente (St. Vincent), although founded in medieval times, is the fruit of 18th century (...)
