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MonumentsCastelo de LeiriaComing up from the city, visitors enter Leiria Castle through the Albacara Gateway. Inside this defensive bastion, there are various historical points of interest that have been well preserved. They include the Church of Nossa Senhora da Pena, the (...)
Telephone: 244 813 982
Fax: 244 811 564
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MonumentsCastelo de São João BaptistaSão João Baptista CastleSão João Baptista Castle was commissioned by King D. Filipe II of Spain and I of Portugal, at the end of the 16th century, in order to protect the armadas travelling from the Indies and the Americans, when they passed through (...)
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de TaviraArchitecturally speaking, this is one of the most valuable of Tavira´s many churches due to the renaissance features on both the entranceway and the interior and unique to the Algarve. The Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Religious Charitable (...)
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Nacional de Soares dos ReisThe museum is housed in an 18th century neo-classical palace and has a remarkable collection of 19th and 20th century Portuguese painting, in which the so-called "Porto school" of the naturalist period deserves special mention, represented here by (...)
Telephone: +351 22 339 37 70
Fax: +351 22 208 28 51
E-mail: mnsr@imc-ip.pt
Website: http://mnsr.imc-ip.pt
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MonumentsBasílica da EstrelaAlso known as Bas¡lica do Sagrado Coração de Jesus (Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus), this is one of Lisbonïs most important 18th century monuments.The Baroque style predominates throughout the building, although the central part of the façade (...)
Telephone: +351 213 960 915
Fax: +351 213 960 994
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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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MonumentsSantuário da PeninhaThe present chapel dates from the eighteenth century, the period in which a hermit sought refuge here. Several years later work was carried out on the site of a former chapel, where according to local legend, the Virgin Mary had appeared in the (...)
Telephone: +351 219 247 200
Fax: +351 219 247 227
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ArchaeologyMonumento Natural das Pegadas de DinossáurioIn the far eastern corner of the Serra de Aire, close to the settlement of Bairro, there is an important fossil record from the Jurassic period – footprints from Sauropod dinosaurs, some of the largest beings that ever inhabited the Earth. In this (...)
Telephone: +351 249 530 160
Fax: +351 249 530 169
E-mail: dinossaurios@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.pegadasdedinossaurios.org
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MonumentsMosteiro de São João de TaroucaThis was the first monastery of the Cistercian Order to be founded on Portuguese territory in the 12th century, on a site that had a longstanding monastic tradition. This is clearly shown by the fact that the monastery itself is dedicated to St. (...)
Telephone: +351 254 678 766 / 254 679 148
E-mail: valedovarosa@culturanorte.gov.pt
Website: https://www.valedovarosa.gov.pt/
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MonumentsCapela de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios - PenicheSituated close to the coast, in the far west of the peninsula of Peniche, this chapel forms the basis for a shrine devoted to the cult of the Virgin Mary. The date when this church was founded is not known, although it is believed to have been built (...)
Telephone: +351 262 787 748
