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MonumentsCastelo de BragaThe Keep (Braga Castle)Set off by the Praça do Castelo and the Praça da República, the Keep is all that remains of Braga castle. This thirty-metre high granite structure gives an idea of the five towers that guarded over the medieval walls.At the (...)
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MonumentsAntigos Paços do Concelho - Viana do CasteloThe construction of the former town hall spread over the reigns of D. Manuel I (who began the work) and D. João III.The whole building is made of austere granite and the ground floor forms a porchway of three pointed arches, corresponding on the (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de ElvasThe fortress perimeter has the shape of an irregular polygon, with a maximum diameter of 1,000 metres. There are three main entrances to the castle - the Porta da Esquina, Porta de Olivença and Porta de São Vicente. The keep was rebuilt in 1488.
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria de Marvila - SantarémSituated in the historical centre of the city, this church belongs to one of the oldest parishes, having played an important role throughout the Middle Ages.When he conquered the city in 1147, the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, gave (...)
Telephone: +351 243 325 552
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MonumentsAntiga Sé de BragançaThe Cathedral was built in the 16th century on the wishes of the local authorities supported by duke Teodósio. It is known that Pêro de la Faia and Fernão Pires were the master craftsman in charge. It was due to be a Convent for the Order of Saint (...)
Telephone: +351 273 329 182
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
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MonumentsSé Catedral de SantarémThe most recent Portuguese cathedral in an ancient building.Formerly known as the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Colégio dos Jesuítas or Igreja do Seminário, the current Cathedral of Santarém is a 17th century temple erected on the spot (...)
Telephone: +351 243 304 060
E-mail: geral@museudiocesanodesantarem.pt
Website: http://www.museudiocesanodesantarem.pt
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MonumentsIgreja e Convento do Pópulo - BragaThe 16th century Church of Populo was built on the orders of archbishop Brother Agostinho de Jesus, as his burial monument. He passed away in 1609, with his remains transferred in 1628 to a wooden tomb, ordered by the city of Braga, and located in (...)
Telephone: +351 253 271 982
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria - LagosChurch of Santa Maria - LagosBuilt in the 15th century, the church has a rectangular layout, single nave, and elevated main chapel, baptistery and high choir. Laterally, with direct communication to the nave, there is an intricately carved masonry (...)
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MonumentsConvento de São Francisco - SantarémThe convent of São Francisco was founded by the king D. Sancho II, in 1242. As happened with the similar Convento de Santa Clara, the convent was built in accordance with the architectural guidelines of the mendicant Gothic style: austerity in terms (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Santiago - CoimbraDocuments say that this church was consecrated in the year 1206, but there is a tradition that places its foundation in the time of Fernando I, king of León, who, on recapturing Coimbra from the Moors in 1064, founded a church dedicated to St. James (...)
