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MonumentsFonte da Rainha Santa IsabelRustic fountain with two azulejo (tile) panels. Queen Isabel is said to have drunk from this fountain and the water is sought after for its miraculous properties by mothers without milk for their infants. It dates from 1292. A suspended panel bears (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora do SabrosoThis church is a key historical and religious reference in the municipality of Tabuaço and neighbouring parishes because it was the first church to be built after the Christian Reconquest by D. Afonso Henriques.The Roman church has stone sepulchres (...)
Telephone: +351 254 791 84
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MonumentsIgreja de São Vicente da ChãChurch from the 10th / 11th c. in romanesque style.
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MonumentsForte de Nossa Senhora das Mercês de CatalezeteThe fort was subjected to a fierce battering by the waves caused by the hurricanes of 1941 and yet another of the embrasures for its cannons fell from the already ruined right flank of the battery. This was restored when the coast road (Estrada (...)
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MonumentsIgreja do Espírito Santo - MarvãoThe Capela do Espírito Santo was founded in 1573, as an annex to support the charitable works of the Portuguese Misericórdia hospital. In stylistic terms, the main interest of this chapel is its granite doorway, built in the Renaissance style and (...)
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MonumentsConvento de São Francisco - BragançaOwned by the Secular Franciscan Order, its structure dates back to the 13th century (1271). Its foundation is attributed according to oral tradition to St. Francis of Assisi. It was rebuilt in the first half of sec. XIII from a medieval structure of (...)
Telephone: +351 273 001 301
E-mail: mail@adbgc.dglab.gov.pt
Website: http://adbgc.dglab.gov.pt
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MonumentsCastelo de MontalegreThe castle stands on a colossal rock. It has been fertile in archaeological finds showing the military importance that this castle has had over the centuries. The various inhabitants of the former Lusitania (Romans, Suevi, Visigoths) all found this (...)
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de MonçãoThe Brotherhood of Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia (Our Lady of Mercy) was founded in Monção in 1590 although the Church was only built in the 17th century. It represents a transitional period with both Mannerist and Baroque features to this modest (...)
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MonumentsIgreja da Cartuxa - ÉvoraChurch of Cartuxa - ÉvoraThe 16th century Renaissance style Church of Cartuxa, had its façade altered in the 17th century, thus incorporating Mannerist elements.The elegance of the proportions reveals its character as a royally commissioned work. (...)
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MonumentsSantuário da Senhora da GraçaSanctuary of Senhora da GraçaOne of the first Carmelite sanctuaries in Trás-os-Montes, rebuilt in 1755. The building includes a bell tower and three chapels. The architectural design is dominated by granite constructions. A valuable collection of (...)
Telephone: +351 255 382 36
