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Monuments in Alenquer
Igreja Matriz de Alenquer / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção de Triana
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Rua Gago Coutinho
2580-578, Alenquer
This Mannerist church is composed by one only nave and four lateral chapels. It was founded by Dona Isabel in the 13th century and rebuilt in 1758 (after the earthquake in 1755). In 1910 it was abandoned and in 2001 it underwent restoration work.
Igreja da Misericórdia de Alenquer
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Rua Maria Milne Carmo, 1
2580-389, Alenquer
The single ship temple rebuilt in 1595 and rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755. The blue and white tiles enxaquetados, 17th century font (from the Church of the Valley), the gilded, beaded ceiling paintings polychrome, the gravestones and ancient sculptures and paintings of the high altar.
Convento da Reforma de Montejunto
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Montejunto
2550-366, Lamas
Convent built in 1760 on the ridge of the serra de Montejunto, which currently only rubble. Does not appear to have been done by the reform of the Dominicans didn't go forward.
Castelo de Vila Verde dos Francos
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Rua Principal, 4
2580-442, Vila Verde dos Francos
According to historical documentation, it is a medieval lookout with subsequent amendments. Currently, there are only a few remains of the ancient castle.
Convento de Santo António de Charnais
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Aldeia Galega da Merceana
2580, Aldeia Galega da Merceana
Franciscan convent of Mannerist, Baroque and Rococo architecture, formed by the Church, the ancient Conventual dependencies, the cloister, the Gatehouse and the cafeteria. Highlighted by a set of monochrome tiles dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Castelo de Alenquer
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Calçada Damião de Gois
2580, Alenquer
Castle of rectangular plant, with two angles formed by towers. Was built by Dom Dinis in the 13th century. In one of the entrance doors is the Royal Crown and coat of Dom Manuel. Currently, only cloths of wall, some of whom integrated into buildings, the Door of the conception and the Tower of the Cuirass.
Convento de São Francisco
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Rua Comendador Guilherme João Carlos Henriques, 6
2580-337, Alenquer
First convent founded in Portugal, in 1222 by order of Doña Sancha, daughter of Dom Sancho I, although deeply damaged by the earthquake of 1755, there remain some elements of earlier times. In the 16th-century cloister, the Manueline portal, very ornate, which gives access to the Chapter House.
Túmulo de Damião de Góis
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Travessa de São Pedro
2580-339, Alenquer
The sepulchral monument where jaz Damião de GOIs, a Portuguese historian who distinguished himself in the Renaissance in Portugal, located in the chapel on the side of the Epistle of the Church of St. Peter. Of sober lines, stands a frame with Latin description.
Capela de Santa Catarina / Capela de Triana
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Largo Gago Coutinho
2580-360, Alenquer
Seventeenth-century chapel which originally belonged to a group of buildings of the Oratory of Saint Catherine, designed by Fr. Andrew of San Bernardino. The façade has straighter Dick portal surmounted by high window of appliance rusticated and finished in triangular pediment and a small bell. Inside, the gilded altars, a pulpit from the 17th century, and a few pieces of eighteenth-century imaginary.
Capela da Igreja de São Pedro
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Travessa de São Pedro
2580-339, Alenquer
Funerary chapel of quadrangular, dating from the 16TH century. Suffered in 1940 restoration works, reusing some Renaissance elements. You will find here the tomb of Damião de GOIs.