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Monuments in Santa Marta de Penaguião
Capela da Senhora do Viso
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Fontes
5030, Fontes
Chapel composed of rectangular nave and chancel, with bell tower and sacristy. The nave is partially covered with carpet-like tiles from the end of the 17th century.
Igreja Matriz de Fontes / Igreja de São Tiago
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Fontes
5030-115, Fontes
Church composed of rectangular nave and chancel, with sacristy and bell tower. The rococo style based on the exterior lines of the building stands out.
Capela de São João / Capela do Senhor dos Aflitos
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Largo do Senhor
5030-215, Fornelos
Baroque chapel with a simple rectangular plan. It features a gilded and marbled altarpiece and a ceiling with rococo polychrome painting.
Igreja Matriz de Sever / Igreja de Santo Adrião
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Rua de São Martinho
5030-570, Sever
Baroque church comprising a rectangular nave and chancel, sacristy, bell tower and annex. Its interior is very rich in gilded decoration.
Capela de São Pedro de Medrões
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EM603 - Contador
5030-306, Medrões
Painted white, this chapel boasts well-preserved and prominent stonework. On the main facade, the small niche above the main door stands out, where there is a stone sculpture of Saint Peter. This round arched niche is crowned by a cushioned cross and flanked by stonework rosettes. The interior is spacious and stunning due to its good ambiance, richness, art and profusion of Baroque carvings, including the magnificent main altar with twisted columns, volutes, angels and vegetal ornaments. The paneled (wooden) ceiling of the chancel is decorated with thirty-five coffers each representing figures of saints and popes. The ceiling of the …
Forno Cerâmico Romano
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Rua da Nogueira - CM1244
5030-224, Fornelos
It is a ceramic oven from the Roman period, which consists of two overlapping chambers separated by a perforated grill, with four brick arches that support the cooking chamber grill. Cooking products were placed on the grill, which was then topped with a vault with a chimney, to evacuate gases and smoke, of which only traces remain. The chamber is preceded by a corridor furnace with brick walls that slope towards the center and a slab base. The mouth of the oven is made of stones placed vertically. The vault with the grill and chimney constituted the "laboratorium", still documented …
Igreja de São João Baptista / Igreja Paroquial de Lobrigos
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Rua de São João Baptista
5030-435, Lobrigos
Located in a small square where there is also a fountain with a baroque back and coat of arms, the parish church of Lobrigos stands out for its main facade which is, at the same time, the base of the bell tower. With a square plan, here, on its three sides, there are round arches, forming a galilee that precedes the entrance to the temple. The body of the church develops longitudinally, towards the back, featuring a single nave with a high choir, and rectangular chancel. A highlight is the pipe organ, the only one in operation in the diocese …
Pelourinho de Santa Marta de Penaguião
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Avenida Primeiro de Maio, 52
5030-477, Santa Marta de Penaguião
This pillory, located right in the center of the town, was probably erected shortly after the granting of the second charter, 1519, in the reign of D. Manuel I. Of great simplicity, but worth its historical weight, it has a smooth cylindrical shaft, finished in the shape of a pine trunk, which integrates it into the typology of pine cone pillory from the 16th century.
Igreja Paroquial da Cumieira / Igreja de Santa Eulália
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Largo da Igreja
5030-061, Cumieira
Dedicated to Santa Eulália, the Parish Church displays the year 1729 over the main door. Inside, it boasts a rich gilded carving of the time, which depicts the nature of the region, and the ceiling is made up of coffers, those in the main chapel decorated with paintings, those in the body of the church with carved ornaments. All these elements worked together with the mural paintings designed, according to tradition, by Nicolau Nasoni. The church houses two valuable pieces: a 17th century monstrance and a 16th century sculpture of the Virgin of a vernacular character.
Fonte do Rei
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Lugar da Boavista
5030-304, Medrões
Source with lateral banks. In the center of the backrest is a national shield and above it a Royal Crown closed.