Museums, Monuments and Sites
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Number of results: 1321
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MonumentsSantuário de São Bento da Porta AbertaThere are very few surviving documents that allow us to reconstruct the history of this sanctuary built in homage to St. Benedict. According to the testimony of Tomé Pires, from 1640, the sanctuary dates from the 17th century.The high altar is (...)
Telephone: +351 253 391 106
Fax: +351 253 391 117
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MonumentsIgreja do Carmo - TaviraChurch of the Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Tertiary Order of Our Lady of Carmel) The Tertiary Order of Our Lady of Carmel of Tavira (Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Tavira) was set up at the beginning of the 18th century (...)
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MonumentsBiblioteca Joanina (King John’s Library)The Biblioteca Joanina is considered one of the richest Baroque libraries in Europe. Built between 1717 and 1728, this sumptuous space is located in the most central part of the University of Coimbra, the Paço das Escolas. The structure was built to (...)
Telephone: +351 239 859 800
Fax: +351 239 825 841
Website: http://www.uc.pt
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Engrácia, Panteão NacionalMannerist church from the 17th c., modified in the 18th c. in baroque style.
Telephone: +351 218 854 820
E-mail: geral@panteao.dgpc.pt
Website: http://www.panteaonacional.gov.pt/http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/en/museus-e-monumentos/ (...)
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MonumentsAqueduto das Águas LivresThe Aqueduto das Águas Livres is an important engineering work from the 18th century, built to supply water to the city of Lisbon and its surrounding areas.Its most impressive section is the one that crosses over the valley of Alcântara, but, all (...)
Telephone: 218 100 215
Website: http://museudaagua.epal.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu da ElectricidadeThis museum is housed in a group of buildings classified as national heritage - the Central Tejo or Lisbon power station. Besides the building itself, the main interest is the machinery used to supply electricity to the city of Lisbon in the first (...)
Telephone: +351 21 002 81 90
Fax: +351 21 002 81 04
E-mail: maat@edp.pt; visitar.maat@edp.pt
Website: https://www.maat.pt
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MonumentsSantuário de São Salvador do MundoThe sanctuary consists of ten small chapels scattered all over the hillside, culminating in the one on Monte da Fraga (at an altitude of 711 metres). The panoramic view from the hilltop over Cachão da Valeira and the River Douro is most impressive.
Telephone: +351 254 441 43
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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira - GuimarãesA place of Marian worship since the 10th century. The beginnings of the Insigne e Real Colegiada de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira date back to the monastery dedicated to the Saviour of the World, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Apostles, which (...)
Telephone: +351 253 416 144 / 253 421 200
E-mail: senhoradaoliveira@arquidiocese-braga.pt
Website: http://www.arquidiocese-braga.pt/senhoradaoliveira/
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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/
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MonumentsSé Velha de CoimbraWhere the second king of Portugal was crowned.Coimbra (Aeminium, in Roman times) is an Episcopal seat since the 5th century, succeeding neighbouring Conímbriga. Despite its long history, there is no mention of a cathedral until the construction of (...)
Telephone: +351 239 825 273
Fax: +351 239 825 273
E-mail: igrejasevelha@gmail.com
Website: http://sevelha-coimbra.org/
