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Monuments in Coruche
Torre do Cemitério da Erra
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Rua da Misericórdia
2100, Coruche
Of the old church, which was destroyed during the 1755 earthquake, only this bell tower remains, restored in 1766, and which can now be seen, isolated, in the town's cemetery.
Antas do Caminho da Fanica
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EN2
2100, Couço
Set of dolmens located in the extreme south of the municipality of Coruche. They date back to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Castelo
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Avenida Nossa Senhora do Castelo
2100, Coruche
During the Reconquista, this hill overlooking the town built a castle, the scene of frequent battles between Muslims and Christians. Currently, there is this hermitage invoking Our Lady of the Castle. According to tradition, the Church was founded by King Afonso Henriques, with a portrait of this king preserved there. The chapel is very long and not very wide, with a single nave, with a stone pulpit and a crossing arch in pink marble.
Igreja da Misericórdia de Coruche
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Travessa do Hospital, 2
2100-134, Coruche
Very old temple, from the 16th century, with a single nave, with a high choir supported by four simple columns and in which there is a pipe organ dated 1803. The main altar does not have a crossing arch and bears in the center the image of the patron saint, Our Lady of Conception. The royal facade has a royal crown.
Igreja de Santo António
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Rua Direita, 5
2100, Coruche
Very old temple, donated by King Afonso III to the Master of Avis. The patron saint is Saint Anthony of Lisbon, but it was once under the protection of the Archangel Saint Michael. Church with a single nave with wooden ceiling and chancel with barrel vault with coffers.
Pelourinho de Coruche
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Largo do Pelourinho
2100, Coruche
Reconstructed in 1941 from original elements from the 15th/16th centuries, it features a stepped plinth of five steps on which a hexagonal base . The torso shaft is spiral and has quadrangular rosettes.
Casa da Herdade do Monte da Barca
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Coruche
2100, Coruche
Building with incorporated chapel. Around the main building there are housing for rural workers and agricultural warehouses. The chapel is a beautiful example of remarkable decoration, with tiles, painted and plastered.
Edifício no Terreiro do Brito
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Largo do Terreiro do Brito, 8
2100, Coruche
House situated next to sidewalk access to the Church of Nossa Senhora do Castelo, in the middle of an area of recent urban growth. Sunny building, House-type long, initially as part of a vast farm.
Edifício na Praça da Liberdade
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Praça da Liberdade, 8
2100, Coruche
House of bourgeois housing, two floors and an attic, with service and storage area on the ground floor.