Museums, Monuments and Sites
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MonumentsDomus MunicipalisThe Domus Municipalis is the only surviving example of Romanesque civil architecture and the undisputed highlight of a visit to Bragança. Shaped like an irregular pentagon, it contains a vaulted cistern overviewed by a spacious gallery surrounded by (...)
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Museums and PalacesMuseu do Carro Eléctrico do PortoTake this collection, unique to Portugal, and imagine exhibits featuring the means of transport belonging to parents and grandparents and only then throw in over 100 years of Porto history. That is the experience on offer at the Tram Museum located (...)
Telephone: +351 22 615 81 85
Fax: +351 22 507 11 50
E-mail: cpimentel@stcp.pt
Website: http://museu-carro-electrico.stcp.pt
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ArchaeologyAnta do BarrocalBarrocal CromlechCromlech with vestiges of a polygonal chamber and a covering stone slab still found on site. It is located around 200 metres SW from the Monte do Barrocal hilltop farm.
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de PenicheThis church dating from the beginning of the 17th century belongs to the charitable institution known as Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Peniche.Annexed to the former hospital of this institution, the inside of the church boasts an exceptionally (...)
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Museums and PalacesMuseu da Quinta das CruzesThe Museum Quinta das Cruzes it’s a decorative art museum that encloses 500 years of history of Madeira Island and also the evolution of European and oriental decorative arts.
Telephone: +351 291 740 670
Fax: +351 291 741 384
E-mail: mqc.drac.srt@gov-madeira.pt
Website: http://www.museuquintadascruzes.com/
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MonumentsIgreja de São João EvangelistaBuilt in the 17th century, the Igreja de São João Evangelista is one of the finest examples of the fusion that took place between the Mannerist and baroque styles on the island of Madeira. The exuberant decoration of the church’s interior, begun in (...)
Telephone: + 351 291 233 534
E-mail: gabineteinfo@diocesedofunchal.pt; igrejadocolegio@sapo.pt
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MonumentsIgreja Matriz de São SebastiãoParish Church of São SebastiãoThe Parish Church of Ponta Delgada was built between 1531 and 1547, on the site of a small Hermitage dedicated to São Sebastião.The exterior includes notable Manueline and Baroque doorways. The interior has been (...)
Telephone: +351 296 285 321
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ArchaeologyAnta do Olival de Monte VelhoOlival de Monte Velho CromlechOne of the stone supports is broken in half and the upper half has fallen inside the chamber.
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MonumentsCidadela de Cascais - Forte de Nossa Senhora da Luz e TorreInside the walls is the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Vitória, whose chancel is lined with panels of 17C azulejos depicting scenes from the Bible. It is covered by tunnel vaulting decorated with 17C paintings.
