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MonumentsCastelo de AvisAvis CastleThree of Avis Castle’s original six towers still exist today - the Tower of the Queen or of the Convent, (next to the Doorway of the Angel and Arch), the Tower of Santo António (to the west) and the Tower of S. Roque (to the North-East). (...)
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de LorvãoA monastery dating to the 6th century.According to the old chronicles, the foundation of a monastery in Lorvão dates back to the 6th century. However, the earliest written documents date back to the 9th century and are later than the Christian (...)
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MonumentsIgreja Matriz de MonchiqueRaised in the 15th/16th centuries, the church was rebuilt following the earthquake of 1755. The main entrance is in the Manueline style, decorated with cogoilos at its five corners and masks between its columns and the side doorways, which are (...)
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MonumentsTorre de PenegateDates from the fourteenth century. Fortified rectangular tower with three storeys, thick stone walls and few openings. This was a feudal tower, also serving as fortress and residence.Thought to have been built by Dom Egas Pais de Penegate, a comrade (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora da Encarnação - V. R. Stº AntónioChurch of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação - V. R. Stº AntónioThe Church of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação was built in the 18th century, in rocaille style, as can be seen from the interior decoration, in particular the altarpieces of the lateral (...)
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de BejaIn the first quarter of the 16th century, the Duke of Beja, Prince Luis, son of Manuel I, ordered its construction on the site that was due to be the city´s abattoir. The grandiosity of the project he was undertaking made him change ideas instead (...)
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MonumentsIgreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Luz - LagoaAll that remains of the place of worship built in the 16th century is a Manueline doorway to the bell tower. The current building dates from the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th, and has an attractive baroque façade with (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de OuguelaOuguela CastlePerched on top of a hill, at around 250 m above sea level, the walls of Ouguela Castle mark the boundaries enclosing the mediaeval settlement that expanded beyond the walls along the slope of the hill. Integrated within one of the wall (...)
E-mail: turismo@cm-campo-maior.pt
Website: https://campomaior.pt/castelo-de-ouguela/
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria do Castelo - Alcácer do SalBuilt within the castle walls, perhaps on the site of the former mosque, a stone sculpture over the façade features the symbols of the Order of Santiago: the crossed-sword, shells (scallops) and the hat and garb of a pilgrim recalling the holy (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da ColaSanctuary of Nossa Senhora da ColaThis Sanctuary in Ourique celebrates the birth of Our Lady and enjoys major popular devotion in the Alentejo. Every year, during the month of May, there are various religious festivities with no fixed date. The (...)
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