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Monuments in Torres Vedras
Forte de São Vicente
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Rua do Forte de São Vicente
2560, Torres Vedras
Medieval fortress rebuilt in the 19th century, during the French invasions. It was part of the Linhas Torres, being one of its most important fortifications. It is made up of three asymmetrical bulwarks, whose walls are open to cannons, divided by deep moats, which are distributed in a Y shape. At the highest point of the fortress are the ruins of a primitive chapel.
Aqueduto de Torres Vedras
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2560, Torres Vedras
Gothic aqueduct with a length of two kilometers. It is formed by two orders of arches, and the water runs in underground channels and on the surface. Its purpose was to supply the village.
Estátua de Dom Rafael Maria da Assunção
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Rua António Leal de Ascenção
2560, Torres Vedras
Quinta do Hespanhol/ Solar dos Perestrellos
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Rua dos Perestrelos
2565-136, Dois Portos
Former Estate that, although with another relevance, continues to have the same owner relationship with the population, which is still in the workplace activities. Is a recreational Farm because it has production and recreational functions.
Residência Solarenga da Quinta do Juncal
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Alameda Sebastião de Mello Falcão Trigoso
2560, Matacães
This residential manor house dated from the beginning of the 19th century has elements from erudite architecture and neoclassic characteristics. This building has sober lines in consequence of the conjunction of various bodies in different levels. The building plan is developed around one chapel which is the axis from the composition and in which it is possible to see the major decorations.
Termas dos Cucos
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2560, Torres Vedras
Although closed as therapeutic baths, this is a framed building in a romantic setting. The environment is dominated by the play of light that insinuates itself between columns, balconies and balustrades, reflecting in the Lake garden, between palms and other large trees.
Igreja e Convento da Graça
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Praça 25 de Abril
2560-286, Torres Vedras
This church is preceded by a porch with an eighteen hundreds doorway and walls covered in glazed tiles from the 18th century. The inside is made of one only nave and where it stands out the altarpiece on the main chapel from the beginning of the 17th century, the lateral altars carving, the statuary, the crucifix in ivory, the glazed tiles and the four fifteen hundreds paintings.
Igreja Matriz de Carvoeira
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Rua Jaime Franco das Neves
2565-152, Carvoeira
Church with facade with a small rustic type galilé. A sundial dated 1763 figure in one of the corners. The Patron Saint is Nossa Senhora do Ó.