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MonumentsConvento dos CardaesFounded in 1681, the Convento da Conceição dos Cardaes is one of the main examples of the so-called national style, the Portuguese interpretation of the baroque style, in which the simplicity of the architecture contrasts with the decorative wealth (...)
Telephone: +351 213 427 525
Website: https://www.conventodoscardaes.com/
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MonumentsConvento e Capela de Nossa Senhora da EsperançaConvent and Chapel of Nossa Senhora da EsperançaIntimately connected to the worship of Santo Cristo dos Milagres, the convent and Chapel were built in 1545. Subsequent alterations were made, including the curious quadrangular tower with various (...)
Telephone: +351 296 284 453
Fax: +351 296 283 801
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MonumentsErmida de Nossa Senhora da AjudaHermitage of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda The rocky massif and merlons crowning the slopes, endow the Hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda with the appearance of a fortress.Inside, a pointed arched doorway leads to the sacristy built at the end of the 15th (...)
Telephone: +351 295 712 120
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MonumentsErmida de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe
Telephone: +351 282 639 042
E-mail: geral@cultalg.pt
Website: http://www.cultalg.pt
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MonumentsFortaleza de SagresSagres or the Promontorium Sacrum. This location evokes the memory of the Infante D. Henrique and the Portuguese discoveries. The southwesternmost point in the European continent, was already referred to in antiquity as the Promontorium Sacrum, (...)
Telephone: +351 282 620 140
Fax: +351 282 620 141
E-mail: fortaleza.sagres@cultalg.pt
Website: http://www.cultalg.pt
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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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MonumentsForte de Santiago da BarraLocated next to the sea, it is believed that the first fortification sited on the bar of the River Lima estuary dates from the reign of King Afonso III (13th century). However, the earliest certain date is the 15th century, when a fortress was built (...)
Telephone: +351 258 820 270
E-mail: turismo@portoenorte.pt
Website: http://www.portoenorte.pt/pt/contactos/informacao/sede/
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MonumentsIgreja da Lapa - PortoThe Church of Our Lady of LapaDuring the year 1754, the brazilian priest Ângelo Sequeira preached in Oporto and begged with the aim of raising funds to build a chapel in honor of Our Lady of Lapa. In 1755, his dream came true and the Chapel of (...)
Telephone: +351 22 550 28 28 / 22 200 13 69
E-mail: museulapa@irmandadedalapa.pt
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de BragançaThe foundation of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia (portuguese charity) of Bragança dates back to the year 1518 and was "founded in a church that had dedicated to the Holy Spirit" (that gave name to the street). The temple was rebuilt in 1539, to (...)
Telephone: +351 273 589 102
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
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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/
