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Number of results: 73
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MonumentsCastelo e Muralhas de TaviraTavira Castle is worth a visit even be it only for the views out over the city, the countryside and down to the sea. The foundations for the defensive systems were built during the Moorish period between the 8th and 13th centuries. After the (...)
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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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MonumentsConvento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo - Figueiró dos Vinhos
Telephone: +351 236 552 178
Fax: +351 236 552 596
E-mail: turismo@cm-figueirodosvinhos.pt
Website: http://www.cm-figueirodosvinhos.pt
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MonumentsConvento de Santa IriaThe Convent of Santa Iria was built in the 16th century, on the site of an ancient building, erected prior to the foundation of the castle. It is located on the banks of the River Nabão, in the site where Saint Iria was martyred, decapitated at the (...)
Telephone: +351 249 322 601
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MonumentsConvento de Santo António dos Capuchos - GuimarãesThe Museological Trail in the Convent of Santo António dos Capuchos is the result of the constant concern of Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Guimarães for the conservation and enhancement of its artistic and cultural heritage. It results from a (...)
Telephone: +351 253 541 244
E-mail: pm@scmguimaraes.com
Website: http://www.scmguimaraes.com
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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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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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MonumentsDomus MunicipalisThe Domus Municipalis is the only surviving example of Romanesque civil architecture and the undisputed highlight of a visit to Bragança. Shaped like an irregular pentagon, it contains a vaulted cistern overviewed by a spacious gallery surrounded by (...)
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MonumentsErmida de São BrásThe Chapel of São Brás, located outside the walls of Évora, was ordered built by D. João II in 1480, at the site of a small leprosarium where plague victims were treated. Thus, the people of Évora, the crown and the executor of the work, D. Garcia (...)
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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
