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Museums and PalacesMuseu da Pólvora Negra
Telephone: + 351 210 977 420 / + 351 210 977 422 / + 351 210 977 423 / + 351 210 977 424
Fax: + 351 210 977 425
E-mail: museudapolvoranegra@oeiras.pt
Website: https://www.oeiras.pt/museu-da-p%C3%B3lvora-negra
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MonumentsSé Catedral de Vila RealA journey through the centuries.Erected in the beginning of 1424 by Dominican monks from Guimarães who had obtained a royal licence to build a monastery outside the city walls, the Cathedral of Vila Real continues to be known as the Church of São (...)
Telephone: +351 259 322 034 /259 342 367
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MonumentsMosteiro do Salvador de Paço de SousaChurch from the 12th / 13th c. in romanesque style.
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsIgreja de São Paulo - TaviraBuilt in the 17th century, this belonged to the no longer existing Convent of São Paulo. With religious orders abolished in 1834, the Church was handed over to the Fraternity of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (Our Lady of Assistance), whose statue can be (...)
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ArchaeologyAnta dos CoureleirosCoureleiros CromlechThere are five cromlechs located in Coureleiros. This is one of the largest units. Its official scientific designation is “Anta dos Coureleiros II”.
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de SilvesThis church was built mid-16th century after Silves had been integrated into the House of Rainhas (Queens), with king João II bestowing it on queen Leonor. It was due to serve the already founded Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Religious Charity (...)
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Museums and PalacesMuseu-Biblioteca da Casa de Bragança - Paço Ducal e Castelo de Vila ViçosaNow operating as a museum, the Palace of Vila Viçosa was one of the favourite residences of the Portuguese royal family during many centuries.The Palace of Vila Viçosa was built in the 16th century, on the orders of King D. Jaime, the fourth Duke of (...)
Telephone: +351 268 980 659
Fax: +351 268 989 808
E-mail: palacio.vilavicosa@fcbraganca.pt
Website: http://www.fcbraganca.pt
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ArchaeologyAntela da Cruz VermelhaLocated in the Corno Bico Protected Area, the Antela da Cruz Vermelha (Red Cross Dolmen) has been dated to around 2,500 BC. Circular in form, the Dolmen is made up of a large boulder with a headstone with an engraved cross, painted in red. Part of a (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora dos MilagresChurch of Nossa Senhora dos MilagresBuilt at the end of the 18th century, the church contains an exquisite 16th century statue of Nossa Senhora dos Milagres - the Virgin and Child - of Flemish origin, which was perhaps imported from Melines, and a (...)
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de SalzedasMonastery of Santa Maria de SalzedasIn its time, this was one of the largest Cistercian monasteries in Portugal, having been given vast areas of land in the surrounding region with the express duty of tilling and populating them.Construction work (...)
Telephone: +351 254 677 064 / 5 - 254 677 458
Fax: +351 254 670 839
E-mail: valedovarosa@culturanorte.gov.pt
Website: https://www.valedovarosa.gov.pt/
