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Cristo Rei de Cabanas de Viriato
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Avenida do Cristo Rei
3430-618, Cabanas do Viriato
Statue dated of 1933, built by Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Consul of Portugal in Bordeaux during the Holocaust. The impressive Cristo-Rei was brought from Belgium in blocks and raised in this viewpoint that was part of your property, where is also the home of Passal.
Capela de Nossa Senhora dos Carvalhais
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Rua dos Carvalhais
3430-397, Carvalhais
Chapel which is currently in ruins and that owes its name to the legend which tells that at the time of the Moorish invasions, an image of the lady would have been hidden in the trunk of one of the many oak trees that way there was, having been found past 18 years.
Museu Municipal Manuel Soares de Albergaria
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Rua Alexandre Braga, 32
3430-007, Carregal do Sal
The Museum of Carregal do Sal is located in the old buuilding known as "Casa das Correntes", whose construction was ordered by Manuel Soares de Albergaria in the mid 20th century. This building will house the future museum.
Dolmen da Orca / Lapa da Orca
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Lugar do Ameal
3430, Oliveira do Conde
Megalithic monument which is a prehistoric grave with about 5500 years, consisting of polygonal Chamber with nine pillars and two of them are broken. Cover hat, long hallway, with eight pillars on one side and seven on the other. Is classified as a national monument.
Igreja Matriz de Oliveira do Conde
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Bairro Pombal, 2
3430, Oliveira do Conde
This monument dates from the 12th century and it was deeply reformed on the 18th and 19th centuries. It conserves the original Gothic main chapel with the vaulted opening. Beneath the gothic – manueline arch there is the knight Fernão Gomes de Góis tomb executed in 1440 by João Afonso, the bells master. The tomb has a fallen statue, abundantly decorated laying above four lions with closed and brushed mane. It also stands out the chapels and altars from Our Lady of Conceição, a sculpture from the 17th century and Saint Christ. In one of the niches on the Gospel …
Quinta do Cerrado
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Avenida da Estação
3430, Carregal do Sal
The Cerrado Farm belongs to the Route of the Dão Wines and one may visit the cellar, quite lovely vineyards and the traditional rural house, as well as the União Comercial da beira, Lda., one of the oldest wine producers in the Dão region, who bought this farm in the 1980s. Its vines occupy a total of 30 ha. Those who visit get to learn more about the wine production and, most of all, get acquainted with the famed Dão wines.
Casa do Passal
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Avenida do Cristo-Rei, 23
3430, Cabanas de Viriato
The house has a rectangular plan and three floors. The main facade is quite interesting and pillars support the main floor's balcony, making it more monumental. The central area has four windows with arches and two others surround the central door. This house is locatd in a place that is isolated by the surrounding wall in a farm area. It is degraded and may only be viewed from the outside. It was built in the 19th century, with a rather eclectic architecture and an imposing main facade where the memory of the consul who lived there still dwells. The diplomat …
Casa do Passal
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Avenida do Cristo-Rei, 23
3430-618, Cabanas de Viriato
In this House lived the Doctor diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes when he exercised the function of Consul General in Bordeaux, in 1940, saved thousands of lives of the nazi Holocaust of World War II. This House features rectangular plant, two floors and mansard roof, facades torn by spans of perfect round profile on the lower floor and upper us rectilinear. In the Centre, access doors and balconies balcony advance forming pillared porch
Villa's Restaurante Bar
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Rua Viriato, 149
3430-649, Cabanas de Viriato
A restaurant with an excellent service and a menu of regional dishes.
Pizzaria Telheirinho
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Rua Eduardo Silvestre do Amaral, 13-A
3430-121, Carregal do Sal
A simple restaurant with a counter that is covred by a shed and has the kitchen on sight. It serves Italian specialities.