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MonumentsCastelo e Conjunto Urbano da Vila de ÓbidosEverywhere throughout the town, its mediaeval flavour is always evident. The whole town is surrounded by high walls and the urban structure is clearly defined by the castle, the entrances to the town and the parade ground.
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria, Matriz de ÓbidosMarian Devotion in a village of queens.According to tradition, the origin of this church dates back to the Visigothic period, having been converted into a mosque during the Muslim period and converted to Christianity after D. Afonso Henriques (...)
Telephone: +351 262 959 633
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da NazaréMarian Devotion in the 8th century.The image of Our Lady of Nazareth is that of a black virgin. Carved in wood, it was brought from Merida to this oceanic promontory in the year 711 by Friar Romano, a monk of the convent of Cauliniana, who fled the (...)
Telephone: +351 262 550 100
Fax: +351 262 550 108
E-mail: reitoriadosantuario@cnsn.pt
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MonumentsIgreja de São Francisco / Capela dos Ossos - ÉvoraChurch of São Francisco - ÉvoraOne of the striking features of the façade is a church porch with arches of different styles - a typical example of the "marriage" between Gothic and Moorish style found in so many monuments of this region in Portugal. (...)
Telephone: +351 266 704 521
E-mail: info@igrejadesaofrancisco.pt
Website: https://igrejadesaofrancisco.pt/
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MonumentsBasílica da Santíssima TrindadeThe Church of the Most Holy Trinity is situated within the enclosure of the Sanctuary of Fátima, on the opposite side of the Basilica. It was inaugurated in 2007 but had been planned since 1973. In fact since then there had been the need to build a (...)
Telephone: +351 249 539 600
Fax: +351 249 539 605
Website: http://www.fatima.pt
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MonumentsSé Catedral de FaroA remarkable artistic ensemble.Although there is no documentary evidence, it is probable that the Church of Santa Maria of Faro - consecrated to Marian Devotion and built from 1251, two years after the reconquest of the village, by order of the (...)
Telephone: +351 289 806 632 / 289 823 018
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MonumentsMosteiro de São Martinho de TibãesAround 6 kilometres from Braga, there is the Benedictine Monastery of Tibães. Built on the site of a former Roman villa called Tevilanis, it was founded by Saint Martin of Dume in the 6th century during the Sueve reign of Teodomiro. In 1078, the (...)
Telephone: +351 253 622 670 / 253 623 950
Fax: +351 253 623 951
E-mail: msmtibaes@culturanorte.gov.pt
Website: https://www.mosteirodetibaes.gov.pt/
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MonumentsCastelo de OurémOurém Castle is one of Portugal’s most innovative 15th century military architectural works. Commissioned by the Count of Ourém, the grandson of D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, the castle has a compact structure with modern active defensive system, (...)
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MonumentsConvento de Jesus em AveiroConvent of Jesus in AveiroThe current façade of the convent dates from the 18th century and includes three doorways with beautiful frontons, bearing the royal coat of arms on the central fronton. The building preserves several former convent areas: (...)
Telephone: +351 234 423 297
Fax: +351 234 421 749
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria de Marco de CanavesesA jewel of twentieth-century religious architecture.With its simple and uncluttered appearance, this Marian church is considered a remarkable example of twentieth-century religious architecture, guided by principles of spatial purity and geometric (...)
Telephone: +351 255 522 995
