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Monuments in Guarda
Quinta de São Mateus
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Faia
6300-095, Faia
Agricultural farm of the housing building with chapel and the agricultural zone, where there are barns, cellars, stables, a Dovecote and the garage and caretaker's House. Is oversized, offering magnificent views of the Valley of the Serra da Estrela and over the River Mondego.
Torre em Codesseiro
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Rua da Torre
6300-085, Codesseiro
Rectangular Tower, resulting from an ancient castle.
Torre dos Ferreiros
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Rua da Torre, 46
6300-751, Guarda
In the heart of the city, stands a tall stone tower, with an entrance in angle, the Torre dos Ferreiros. There is also one of the noble entrances to the center of Guarda, in the past integrated into the landscape of the walls, the Porta dos Ferreiros.
Fonte em Pedra
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EN18
6300-336, Guarda
Stone fountain with semicircular configuration, featuring a spout and a small tank.
Solar dos Póvoas / Freguesia da Guarda
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Ruas General Póvoas, 3
6300-714, Guarda
Old Family sole Póvoas (has the family crest on the corner). Here was installed the Portuguese youth. Is owned by the municipality since 1998.
Ponte Filipina / Ponte Antiga de Valhelhas
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EN232, km 80
6300-235, Valhelhas
Bridge Plan Board released along, protected by guards. Features 190 meters long and 3.80 and 4.30 wide. Is supported by four arches back perfect of different diameters, having the highest about twelve metres.
Quinta da Mitra / Estabelecimento Prisional da Guarda - Extensão do Mondego
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Rua do Instituto - CM1150
6300-080, Guarda
This set of buildings resulting from the re-use of a summer farm, which belonged to the Bishops of the guard, to install a judicial establishment of internment for minors with a reeducativo program of agricultural vocation (in 1926). Between 1926 and 2003 suffered successive adaptations and expansions.
Solar da Condessa de São João das Areias / Paço Episcopal da Guarda
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Rua do Encontro, 35
6300-704, Guarda
In this solar from the XVII century we have to stand out the existence of a distinct body integrated on the building and parallel to the frontage with open balconies supported by classic columns with a Coat of Arms on the entrance. The sixteen hundreds elements have to be mentioned, such as the porch with columns with simple capital and architrave decorated with triglyph, a door with a straight arch topped by a disrupted pediment decorated with volutes and cannon gargoyles.