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   Museums and Palaces

   Casa-Museu Teixeira Lopes

   The museum is housed in a 19th-century building, an example of regional architecture built in 1895, in keeping with the project designed by the architect José Teixeira Lopes for use as a residence and sculptor’s studio. Nowadays, it has been (...)
   
   Telephone: +351 223 742 904
   E-mail: casamuseuteixeiralopes@cm-gaia.pt

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   Museums and Palaces

   Casa São Roque Centro de Arte

   The history of Casa São Roque (formerly Casa Ramos Pinto) dates back to 1759, when it functioned as a mansion and hunting lodge, as was typical in the bourgeoisie and noble families in Porto. In the 19th century, it belonged to the Ramos Pinto (...)
   
   E-mail: info@casasaoroque.pt

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   Monuments

   Castelo da Amieira do Tejo

   Believed by some authors to have been the first Gothic castle built in Portugal, Amieira do Tejo castle stands as an important testament to 14th-century military architecture.This small medieval castle, which has a rectangular floorplan, features (...)

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   Monuments

   Castelo da Lousã

   The castle is formed by the keep, whose base adds to its imposing majesty, a small wall and some cubic turrets. The whole of the castle is built of Silurian schist, the local stone, except for the decoration of the door of the keep, which is made of (...)

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   Monuments

   Castelo de Abrantes

   The fortress consists of mediaeval fortifications strengthened with bastions. The mediaeval castle still preserves its keep and some sections of wall with round turrets. Your attention is drawn to the brick-vaulted spaces.

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   Monuments

   Castelo de Alandroal

   The huge keep dominates the castle and the town. Of particular interest here is the gate flanked by towers and a horseshoe arch, built of local marble. Close by is the parish church of Nossa Senhora da Graça.

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   Monuments

   Castelo de Alcácer do Sal

   Some sections still remain of the mud and stone wall that once surrounded the town. The central fortress was adapted to form a convent.You can still see the ruins of the Convent and Church of Santa Maria do Castelo, built in the Romanesque-Gothic (...)

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   Monuments

   Castelo de Alegrete

   This is a vast quadrilateral of walls with cubic turrets. There still remain some parapets, gates, battlements and embrasures scattered around the castle and its walls.

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   Monuments

   Castelo de Alfaiates

   It used to be called the ‘Castle of the Moon’ because it seemed to reach so far into the sky - come and see just why it was given this name.Probably dating back to the 13th century and founded by King Afonso X of León, the ‘Castle of the Moon’ (...)

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    Monuments

    Castelo de Aljezur

    Aljezur Castle (Castelo de Aljezur)The Castle, built on the ruins of a Roman-period castle, which archaeological remains date back to the Bronze Age, was part of the defensive system that protected Silves during the Almohad period, between the 12th (...)
    
    Telephone: +351 289 896 070
    Fax: +351 289 803 633
    E-mail: geral@cm-aljezur.pt
    Website: https://cm-aljezur.pt/pt/600/castelo-de-aljezur.aspx
    

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