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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 (...)
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MonumentsSé Catedral de Vila RealA journey through the centuries.Erected in the beginning of 1424 by Dominican monks from Guimarães who had obtained a royal licence to build a monastery outside the city walls, the Cathedral of Vila Real continues to be known as the Church of São (...)
Telephone: +351 259 322 034 /259 342 367
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MonumentsMosteiro do Salvador de Paço de SousaChurch 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 Paulo - TaviraBuilt in the 17th century, this belonged to the no longer existing Convent of São Paulo. With religious orders abolished in 1834, the Church was handed over to the Fraternity of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (Our Lady of Assistance), whose statue can be (...)
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de SilvesThis church was built mid-16th century after Silves had been integrated into the House of Rainhas (Queens), with king João II bestowing it on queen Leonor. It was due to serve the already founded Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Religious Charity (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora dos MilagresChurch of Nossa Senhora dos MilagresBuilt at the end of the 18th century, the church contains an exquisite 16th century statue of Nossa Senhora dos Milagres - the Virgin and Child - of Flemish origin, which was perhaps imported from Melines, and a (...)
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de SalzedasMonastery of Santa Maria de SalzedasIn its time, this was one of the largest Cistercian monasteries in Portugal, having been given vast areas of land in the surrounding region with the express duty of tilling and populating them.Construction work (...)
Telephone: +351 254 677 064 / 5 - 254 677 458
Fax: +351 254 670 839
E-mail: valedovarosa@culturanorte.gov.pt
Website: https://www.valedovarosa.gov.pt/
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MonumentsCastelo de São BrásFort of São Brás The Fort of São Brás was built in the 16th century, during the Filipine period, in order to defend the town. The old cannons are still on display.An obelisk design by architect Raúl Lino (1879-1974), in the form of a sentry box, (...)
Telephone: +351 296 304 920
Website: https://www.cm-pontadelgada.pt/pages/872?poi_id=2536
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MonumentsIgreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição - AlbufeiraParish Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição - AlbufeiraThe Parish Church of Albufeira is dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Conceição, and was built at the end of the 18th century.The single nave interior includes a fine 18th-century statue of Our Lady (...)
Telephone: +351 289 514 275
