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Monuments in Guimarães
Capela do Senhor dos Aflitos
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Travessa do Picoto
4800-161, Guimarães (São Paio)
Baroque chapel of longitudinal plan simple and single ship, built in the late 18TH century. In the interior, highlighted by an altar covered with a large canopy of talha.
Igreja e Antigo Convento do Carmo / Lar de Santa Estefânia
- heritage
Largo Martins Sarmento, 50
4800-432, Oliveira do Castelo
Convent of Baroque and neoclassical architecture, integrating a church cross plant. On the main facade, emphasis on Baroque and decorated portals, inside, highlighted by a choir stalls with representation on the backrest of the saints of the order.
Igreja Velha de São Cipriano de Taboadelo
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Rua de São Cipriano, 245
4805, Tabuadelo
This temple has small dimensions and its origins are from the X century. It used to belong to Mumadona Monastery and, later on, it belonged to Guimarães College. From the original traces it is still preserved the baptismal font, a holly water font and probably the main chapel with Romanic elements.
Castro de São Miguel-O-Anjo
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Avenida Padre Flávio
4805-550, Vermil
Fortified settlement proto-history consisting of three lines of walls and traces of structures of circular plant. It stands still, inside a chapel dedicated to Saint Michael.
Dois Marcos Miliários (Série Capela) - Braga a Guimarães
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Rua Paio Galvão
4800-426, Guimarães
Roman milestones built in the 1st century. one of these milestones was part of the Braga-Astorga and the other was part of a via or Via XVII companion attached, Braga-Astorga by braces. These two monuments are deposited at the Museum Martins Sarmento society-section of Epigraphy and Ancient sculpture.
Estação Arqueológica da Penha
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Costa
4810-038, Costa
Prehistoric open settlement from the Bronze age, where it was collected abundant booty consisting of archaeological ceramics, various types of lithic and metallic objects.
Casa do Barão de Pombeiro
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Largo Martins Sarmento
4800-432, Oliveira do Castelo
Revival of House plant consisting of two bodies juxtaposed with neo-Gothic decor and facades. It was built in the second half of the 19th century, having already housed the Industrial School of Guimarães and a kindergarten.