Museums, Monuments and Sites
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MonumentsCastelo de ChavesThere are still some remains of defensive walls to be found in the city and the forts of São Neutel and São Francisco.The most significant surviving feature of the construction from the time of D. Dinis is the keep, measuring 28 metres high, with (...)
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Museums and PalacesNúcleo museológico Favaios, Pão e VinhoThis space interprets the history of Moscatel wine and Favaios bread, in an attempt to valorise local resources and tell us about the traditions and processes associated with these products.The Museum Centre occupies an 18th century building known (...)
Telephone: +351 259 950 073
Fax: +351 259 959 738
E-mail: museu.favaios@cm-alijo.pt
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MonumentsMuralhas e Obras Anexas da Praça de ElvasWalls and Outbuildings of the Fortified City of Elvas The perimeter fortifications have the shape of an irregular twelve-sided polygon with seven ramparts and four half ramparts. The keep rises high up above the hill. The fortress's defensive (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria do Castelo - Torres VedrasAccording to some historians, this very old construction dates from the 12th century.The interior has a fine collection of paintings, most notably the 17th-century panel of the Resurrection and the 16th-century representation of the Assumption in (...)
Telephone: +351 261 223 86
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da GraçaA very important Carmelite sanctuary, especially for inhabitants of Santiago do Cacém and of Santo André. The sanctuary serves as a place of meditation and other spiritual activities. The interior includes a statue of Nossa Senhora da Graça and (...)
Telephone: 26971218
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MonumentsSeminário de SantiagoThe Santiago Seminary was built on the orders of archbishop Brother Bartolomeu of the Martyrs, an important figure in the 16th century and who established his reputation in participating at the Council of Trent (1545). It was designed to be the (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição - Atouguia da BaleiaDating from the end of the 17th century, the church of Our Lady of the Conception in Atouguia da Baleia is a baroque church, attributed to the architect João Antunes, built thanks to the donations that were made by the local population and some (...)
Telephone: +351 262 759 127
Fax: +351 262 759 798
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MonumentsMemorial de Alpendorada
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsForte de Santa Maria da ArrábidaAbove the coat of arms is an inscription which refers to this fort's construction by D. Pedro, Marquês de Fronteira, and the date when its reconstruction was completed: "MDCCCLIX".
