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Monuments in Vidigueira
Torre do Relógio da Vidigueira
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Rua Doutor José Valentim Fialho de Almeida
7960-295, Vidigueira
Civil bell tower. This bell was given by Vasco da Gama and is one of the few works with the arms of the Admiral of India.
Igreja de São Francisco
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Largo de São Francisco
7960-219, Vidigueira
This is a fine example of the architecture of the Third Orders of San Francisco buildings. Its exterior is strongly marked by the richness of the decoration in relief in grout.
Villa Romana de São Cucufate / Ruínas do Convento de São Cucufate / Ruínas de Santiago
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Vila de Frades
7960, Vila de Frades
Also known as ruins of Santiago, it was initially a Roman villa with origins from the 1st century, altered in the first half of the 2nd century and destroyed in the 4th century, to make way for the building visible today. In the Middle Ages it was the Convent of the Military Order of Santiago, having been abandoned in the 16th century. The central body is framed by two symmetrical turrets that give it great monumentality.
Casa de Fialho de Almeida
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Largo Fialho de Almeida, 2
7960-423, Vila de Frades
Dr. José Valentim Fialho de Almeida, novelist and pamphleteer, was born in this house on May 7, 1857. Fialho de Almeida, in addition to being an illustrious critic, was also the strongest and most original prose writer of his generation. He passed away on March 4, 1911. Two tombstones were placed in this house in memory of Fialho de Almeida: the first on August 1, 1926 and the second on May 7, 1957.
Antigo Castelo da Vidigueira do Paço dos Gamas
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Rua do Castelo
7960-254, Vidigueira
Roman fortification, rebuilt by the Moors and transformed into a medieval castle. Completely destroyed by the Christian Reconquest, it was rebuilt in 1439 by the House of Bragança. Later, the Paço dos Gamas was built here, of which only a few ruins and the clock tower survive.
Igreja Matriz de Pedrógão
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Praça da República
7960-026, Pedrógão
Late-Mannerist Church of a longitudinal plan. To highlight, on the inside, the set of tiles in the chancel. It was built in the 17th century and, as has been the subject of successive reforms, features elements of various epochs: Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo, popular and vernacular.
Igreja Matriz de Vila de Frades
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Largo de São Cucufate
7960-447, Vila de Frades
Church of impressive dimensions with emphasis on the altarpiece of the main Chapel, one of the most important in the Alentejo.
Igreja de Santa Catarina
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Largo da Igreja
7960-154, Selmes
The Chiesa Madre (mother church) of Selmes has harmonic facade. In the year 1755 the church building suffered various damages, including the frontispiece and vault of the choir, caused by the earthquake of November 1.
Igreja da Misericórdia de Vila de Frades
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Largo Fialho de Almeida
7960-423, Vila de Frades
Church with austere structure, so typical of the region.
Igreja da Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Vidigueira
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Praça da República
7960-225, Vidigueira
This church stands out the ornamental elements as figurative panels of tiling, one signed by António Pereira, others assigned to this master and Gabriel del Barco. Note also the gilded altarpieces of the chancel.