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   Monuments

   Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Encarnação

   Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação A Carmelite sanctuary. The interior has a single nave covered by a painted arched roof, and includes seventeenth century polychrome azulejo tiles and a set of mid seventeenth century paintings. The building (...)

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   Archaeology

   Gravuras rupestres do Mazouco

   The Mazouco Rock Engravings, discovered in 1981, represent the first ever open-air Paleolithic rock art site discovered in Portugal.A few kilometres from Mazouco, you can find the Mazouco Horse, a rock carving made in schist rock just a few meters (...)

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   Archaeology

   Menir do Patalou

   The Patalou Menhir is a granite piece weighing about 7 tonnes and standing 4 metres high.This megalithic monument was recovered and re-erected in 2016 and is one of the most voluminous menhirs in the Iberian Peninsula.

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   Archaeology

   Anta de São Gens

   Located on the road that connects Alpalhão to the Fadagosa de Nisa Hot Springs, Saint Genesius’ Anta 1 is a simple, circular megalithic monument composed of 5 rectangular pillars stuck in the ground and inclined inwards, covered by a single slab. It (...)

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