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Monuments in Paredes
Palacete da Granja
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Avenida da República, 176
4580-193, Paredes
A building located in the town's centre, with neoclassic features. Façade covered by beautiful yellow tiles, except for the entrance that has columns. It has two small houses by the walls. There are two symmetrical lakes with flowing water. The building, that has similar floors, has enormous windows framed by granite where the superior part accompanies the triangular fronton that signals the main entrance.
Minas de Castromil
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4585-702, Sobreira
Nas Minas de Ouro de Castromil encontra-se um jazigo de ouro cujas evidências arqueológicas testemunham que, pelo menos, há cerca de 2000 anos o povo romano desenvolveu, neste local, atividades de extração aurífera. Aqui observam-se numerosos trabalhos subterrâneos antigos e ainda concavidades nas paredes laterais para colocar as lucernas de iluminação.
Torre dos Alcoforados
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Rua da Torre Alta
4580-867, Lordelo
This is a medieval tower with a square plan that was one a fortified manor with three floors. It has only the ruined structure of its four walls of granite stonework. In the northeast façade, a special note to a window opened to the base and consoles that supported a small balcony. In the main façade, a special note to a door with an arch. The number of visits is limited since it is located in a private house.
Mosteiro de São Pedro de Cête
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Largo do Mosteiro
4580-312, Cête
Romanesque monument, one of the oldest in Portugal. The monastery, only after centuries of degradation, the Church, the cloister and chapter room pré-manuelino. The physiognomy of the semiguerreira conventual Church, with its Tower side arches, its thick walls and giant that flank the portal, gives it a religious function and, at the same time, defensive. Inside, the highlight goes to the depth and height of the nave, as well as to the robustness of the granite pumpkin of the chancel and the well preserved trunks for coffin of noble Knights. It should also be mentioned a vestige of a mural …
Torre do Castelo de Aguiar de Sousa
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Lugar da Vila
4585-005, Aguiar de Sousa
This tower is of great prestige, not so much by existing remains, but by the strategic location and the importance that the castle was in the historical context of the Reconquista, as it stood in defensive line of the territory highly valued by Asturian Kings. Was attacked by Almanzor in 995, led a land in the process of reorganization of the territory in the 11th century and also a Trial, being one of the most powerful between the rivers Douro and Minho and amassing great wealth, whose territory extended from the port until near Penafiel. The ruins of a castle …
Ponte Romana de Cepêda
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Rua de Cepêda
4580, Castelões de Cepeda
Located in the centre of the village, above the Sousa river. It has a maximum width of 3.4 metres and one only domed arch. This bridge was a part of the medieval pathway that led from Oporto to Penafiel.
Cruzeiro de Cête
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Travessa da Senhora do Vale
4580, Lugar da Senhora do Vale
A platform with three steps, without a base, that supports the crucifix composed of a column with eight sides and a cross at the end.
Pelourinho de Louredo
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Largo do Pelourinho
4580, Lugar do Facho
A monument with a base and a shank that ends in a cube with Portugal's coat of arms. It has a national coat of arms with a shield, a crown and seven castles.
Forca de Louredo
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Largo do Pelourinho
4580, Lugar do Facho
A set of steps and a plynth, composed of two columns topped by a pyramid.
Cruzeiro de Padrão
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Rua do Cruzeiro
4585, Lugar de Padrão
A crucifix that is about 2.5 metres tall, with a little ornamented base with three steps. It has an hexagonal column topped by a small and unornamented cross.