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Monuments in Carregal do Sal
Núcleo de Palheiras das Cimalhinhas
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Cabanas de Viriato
3430, Cabanas de Viriato
The core of Palheiras of Cimalhinhas is part of the Heritage of the Cimalhinhas Pathway. The Patrimonial Route of Cimalhinhas, in Carregal do Sal, is a local project of safeguarding, valorization and musealization of archaeological heritage that aims to preserve and recover testimonies of the past. Consists of a cluster of buildings toscas, made of stone and covered with wood and corrugated tile and served to get tools, collect animals or storing straws, post-Medieval era.
Túmulos Rupestres do Passal
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Rua da Igreja
3430, Cabanas de Viriato
Is one of the most significant testimony materials of burial practices or rituals of burial over the centuries since the high middle ages. This is a set of graves dug into the rock, located behind the parish cemetery on private land.
Cristo Rei de Cabanas de Viriato
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Avenida do Cristo Rei
3430-618, Cabanas do Viriato
Statue dated of 1933, built by Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Consul of Portugal in Bordeaux during the Holocaust. The impressive Cristo-Rei was brought from Belgium in blocks and raised in this viewpoint that was part of your property, where is also the home of Passal.
Capela de Nossa Senhora dos Carvalhais
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Rua dos Carvalhais
3430-397, Carvalhais
Chapel which is currently in ruins and that owes its name to the legend which tells that at the time of the Moorish invasions, an image of the lady would have been hidden in the trunk of one of the many oak trees that way there was, having been found past 18 years.
Dolmen da Orca / Lapa da Orca
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Lugar do Ameal
3430, Oliveira do Conde
Megalithic monument which is a prehistoric grave with about 5500 years, consisting of polygonal Chamber with nine pillars and two of them are broken. Cover hat, long hallway, with eight pillars on one side and seven on the other. Is classified as a national monument.
Igreja Matriz de Oliveira do Conde
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Bairro Pombal, 2
3430, Oliveira do Conde
This monument dates from the 12th century and it was deeply reformed on the 18th and 19th centuries. It conserves the original Gothic main chapel with the vaulted opening. Beneath the gothic – manueline arch there is the knight Fernão Gomes de Góis tomb executed in 1440 by João Afonso, the bells master. The tomb has a fallen statue, abundantly decorated laying above four lions with closed and brushed mane. It also stands out the chapels and altars from Our Lady of Conceição, a sculpture from the 17th century and Saint Christ. In one of the niches on the Gospel …
Casa do Passal
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Avenida do Cristo-Rei, 23
3430-618, Cabanas de Viriato
In this House lived the Doctor diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes when he exercised the function of Consul General in Bordeaux, in 1940, saved thousands of lives of the nazi Holocaust of World War II. This House features rectangular plant, two floors and mansard roof, facades torn by spans of perfect round profile on the lower floor and upper us rectilinear. In the Centre, access doors and balconies balcony advance forming pillared porch
Igreja Matriz de Parada
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Largo Doutor Manuel da Costa
3430, Carregal do Sal
Church dedicated to St. Michael, dating from 1746, which highlight the carvings painted wooden ceiling, recently restored.