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Number of results: 33
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MonumentsMosteiro dos JerónimosOn the banks of the Tagus is an apogee of Manueline architecture.In the spot where the Jerónimos Monastery stands today, next to the old Belém beach, was originally a small hermitage dedicated to Santa Maria that had been built by the Infante D. (...)
Telephone: +351 213 620 034
E-mail: geral@mjeronimos.dgpc.pt
Website: http://www.mosteirojeronimos.gov.pt
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MonumentsSé Catedral de LisboaDedicated to the Mother of God since 1147.Dedicated to the Mother of God, Lisbon Cathedral is one of the city's gems and one of the most significant monuments in the country, due to its historical, religious and artistic value. Its construction (...)
Telephone: +351 218 866 752
E-mail: info@sedelisboa.pt
Website: http://www.sedelisboa.pt
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MonumentsConvento de Cristo e Castelo TemplárioThe Convent of Christ In 1983, UNESCO awarded the classification of world heritage to the Templar Castle and the Convent of the Knights of Christ in Tomar, a unique monument in the history of the western world. Built on a site that was originally (...)
Telephone: +351 249 315 089 / +351 249 313 481
Fax: +351 249 322 730
E-mail: geral@ccristo.dgpc.pt
Website: http://www.conventocristo.gov.pt/
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MonumentsSé de BragaThe first cathedral, older than Portugal.The Cathedral of Braga was the first Portuguese cathedral, erected several decades before the founding of the country. It began to be built at the end of the 11th century, and was concecrated and dedicated to (...)
Telephone: +351 253 263 317
Fax: +351 273 263 731
E-mail: info@se-braga.pt; geral@culturanorte.pt
Website: http://www.se-braga.pt/catedral.php
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Clara-a-VelhaThe Mosteiro de Santa Clara was built in 1314 at the orders of the Queen Saint Isabel of Aragon, replacing a small convent of nuns of the Order of St. Clare, founded in 1286. The building was completed in 1330, having been designed by the architect (...)
Telephone: +351 239 801 160
Fax: +351 239 801 169
E-mail: mosteiro.scvelha@drcc.pt
Website: http://santaclaraavelha.drcc.pthttp://www.facebook.com/mosteiro.santaclara.a.velha
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de Viana do CasteloThe Misericórdia (Mercy) building and the church date from the 16th century. Created in 1520, the Misericórdia brotherhood developed to the extent that they decided to build the so-called “Casa das Varandas”, in the second quarter of the 16th (...)
Telephone: +351 258 822 350
Fax: +351 258 820 290
E-mail: geral@scmviana.pt
Website: http://www.scmviana.pt/culto/
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MonumentsSé Velha de CoimbraWhere the second king of Portugal was crowned.Coimbra (Aeminium, in Roman times) is an Episcopal seat since the 5th century, succeeding neighbouring Conímbriga. Despite its long history, there is no mention of a cathedral until the construction of (...)
Telephone: +351 239 825 273
Fax: +351 239 825 273
E-mail: igrejasevelha@gmail.com
Website: http://sevelha-coimbra.org/
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa CruzFounded outside the walls in 1131 by the Observing Canons of St. Augustine, the Mosteiro de Santa Cruz is one of the oldest and most important monuments in Coimbra. Dom Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, came here to attend the religious (...)
Telephone: +351 239 822 941
Fax: +351 239 822 941
E-mail: igrejasantacruz@gmail.com
Website: https://igrejascruz.webnode.pt/https://www.grupogala.com.pt/mosteiro-santa-cruz/
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MonumentsForte da Ponta da BandeiraLying beyond the city’s walls, the Fortress of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França is more commonly known as the Ponta da Bandeira Fort.Built late on in the 17th century, it completed the defences of Lagos. The entranceway is by drawbridge over a moat. (...)
Telephone: +351 282 761 410
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria do Olival - TomarThe Igreja de Santa Maria do Olival was built at the orders of the knight Gualdim Pais in the 12th century to serve as the Pantheon for the Order of the Knights Templar. Inside the church are the Gothic tombs of Gualdim Pais, Mestre Lourenço Martins (...)
