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Monuments in Viana do Castelo
Casa dos Sá Sotomaior
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Praça da República, 42
4900-520, Viana do Castelo
Urban Renaissance palace with irregular rectangular plant consisting of two main bodies of two and three floors. Around, there is a garden, where one can see a fountain of recent construction. He currently works in this building a banking institution.
Casa dos Melo Alvim / Solar de Camarido
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Avenida Conde da Carreira, 28
4900-343, Viana do Castelo
Building of 16th century origin composed of irregular rectangular plant, with three floors, being the main façade the longest. Suffered successive renovations and therefore has features of Manueline architecture, Baroque and Gothic Revival. In 1996 was inaugurated here a hostels.
Casa de João Velho ou dos Arcos
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Largo Instituto Histórico do Minho
4900-522, Viana do Castelo
A building of the 15th century that belonged to the navigator João Velho. Above the lower floor there is a shed that may have bem part of a set of arches that surrounded the "Praça Velha" (Old Square). Of the three arches, two are ogival and one romanic. Its interior went through several changes., of which the worst may have been the ones that took place in 1914 in order to install there the Historic Institute of the Minho.
Casa da Torre das Neves
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Largo da Casa da Torre das Neves
4905-653, Barroselas
A construction of the first half of the 16th century with an L plan. Of the first building, a part of the main body and the stairway remain. The house and the garden are surrounded by a wall with tow gates, one of which with a coat of arms.
Cadeia Comarcã de Viana do Castelo / Estabelecimento Prisional Regional de Viana do Castelo
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Avenida Capitão Gaspar de Castro
4900-462, Viana do Castelo
Jail comarcã built in the 20th century, consisting of two floors and two wings, which has some cells, the dormitories, the dining hall, medical office, the parlatorium, laundry and an official area.
Antigo Convento de São Salvador da Torre
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Largo Beato Bartolomeu dos Mártires
4925-609, Viana do Castelo
Casa dos Barbosa Maciel / Museu de Artes Decorativas
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Largo de São Domingos
4900-330, Viana do Castelo
Noble House with a rectangular plant Mannerist willing lengthwise and two floors. It was built between 1720 and 1723, working initially as a residence. In 1926 it was here opened the Museum Municipal de Viana do Castelo, with space being extended in 1990.
Solar de Cortegaça
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Cortegaça
4905-631, Barroselas
Solar type "Tower House", with plant in Z consisting of bodies built at different times, unified by a 16th-century tower. Features a small chapel, where highlights a tile baseboard reused, some of the late 17th century and other Johannine production. He currently works as the unit of Turismo de Habitação.