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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria Maior de TarouquelaThis 12th-century monastery was founded by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, under the aegis of Egas Moniz and Dona Teresa Afonso. Later, the monastery passed to the Benedictine Order and in the 16th century it was transferred to Porto. The (...)
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 Nossa Senhora da Graça ou de LippeThis fort is situated little more than a kilometre to the north of the fortress of Elvas and stands on the top of an imposing rocky outcrop. It is a true masterpiece of 18C European military architecture and is outstandingly beautiful.
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MonumentsIgreja de São Bento da Vitória - PortoIn 1596, a Benedictine monastery was founded in Porto, of which the Igreja de São Bento da Vitória formed part, although the church was rebuilt at the end of the 17th century and only solemnly inaugurated in 1707.It is a large and imposing building (...)
Telephone: +351 22 200 72 83
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MonumentsIgreja de São JorgeChurch of São Jorge – Matriz de VelasThe Church of São Jorge, was the first church to be built on the island, commissioned in the will of Infante D. Henrique (1394-1460).The church’s three naves contain a 16th century altarpiece offered by King D. (...)
Telephone: +351 295 432 119
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora de BalsamãoSanctuary of Nossa Senhora de BalsamãoAncient sanctuary, which was originally a Convent founded in the first half of the eighteenth century by Friar Casimiro Wiszynski from Poland. The Convent was abandoned at the time of the extinction of the (...)
Telephone: +351 278 421 854
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MonumentsCatedral Visigótica de Idanha-a-VelhaIdanha-a-Velha Cathedral Currently referred to as the "Cathedral", this church stands on the foundations of another early Christian church, built in the time of the Suevi and integrated into the kingdom of the Visigoths from 585 onwards. The (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de São JoséChurch of São José The Church of São José was integrated within a former Franciscan convent, that was adapted into a hospital in the mid 19th century.Built in the 16th century, the church was provided with a new façade in the 18th century including (...)
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MonumentsCapela de São Pedro - LeiriaThe Church of St. Peter is the last remaining example of the Romanesque architectural style in Leiria. It is of very simple construction with but a single nave featuring worked capitals and archivolts over the entranceway. Both these and the (...)
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MonumentsErmida de Nossa Senhora dos AnjosHermitage of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos This was possibly the first church to be built in the Azores, in the 15th century, and was subject to alterations in the 17th century.As far as we know, Christopher Columbus's crew prayed in the Hermitage when (...)
Telephone: +351 296 884 167
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MonumentsPonte de UcanhaUcanha Tower and BridgeSeen together, the mediaeval bridge over the river Varosa and the tower standing at its entrance on the right bank form a rare and beautiful testimony to Gothic civil architecture in Portugal. The bridge has been clearly (...)
E-mail: valedovarosa@culturanorte.gov.pt
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