Museums, Monuments and Sites
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MonumentsMuralhas de PortimãoThe wall of the City of Portimão has a perimeter of approximately 1100 metres, with a more or less triangular shape. At its truncated corners were the gates of Porta da Serra, Porta de São João and the wicket gate of Postigo dos Fumeiros. The (...)
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MonumentsForte de São João no EstorilQuadrangular in shape, the fort's gate has some lightly decorated stones in its arch. Above it can be seen an inscription and the royal coat of arms. The fort also has three circular watchtowers in three of its corners.
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MonumentsIgreja de São Pedro de AbragãoChurch from the 12th / 13th c. in romanesque style.
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsIgreja de São João Baptista - Matriz de MouraBuilt at the beginning of the 16th century by the architect Cristóvão de Almeida, this church, which is now classified as a National Monument, is an excellent example of the Manueline artistic style. It has a simple structure with an extremely (...)
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MonumentsTorre do Relógio - VidigueiraClock TowerContains a bell dating from 1520, installed on the orders of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator who discovered the maritime route to India and the first Count of Vidigueira.
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MonumentsCastelo de SortelhaThe main fortress still survives with its machicolations and embrasures that protected the castle entrance leading into the area where the keep is situated. The town is entirely surrounded by the wall, which has two gates flanked by towers.
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MonumentsIgreja de São Bento - BragançaThis church is integrated in a convent founded in 1590 by order of D. Maria Teixeira, occupying the houses that belonged to her. Even today, the stones of arms visible in the facade of the temple and the pediment of baroque style are visible. In the (...)
Telephone: +351 273 329 182
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
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MonumentsTorre da LagariçaMedieval tower originally used as a residence, with a number of later buildings attached.
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Museums and PalacesGEAL - Museu da Lourinhã
Telephone: +351 261 414 003 / 261 423 887 / 939 315 850
E-mail: geral@museulourinha.org
Website: http://www.museulourinha.org
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Municipal Santos RochaFounded in 1894 by António dos Santos Rocha, the Municipal Museum went through several periods, taking into account the action developed and the museological criteria that presided over its successive resettlements in different physical (...)
Telephone: +351 233 402 840
E-mail: museu@cm-figfoz.pt
