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Largo do Toural
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Largo do Toural
4810-427, Guimarães
Traditional meeting point to celebrate the conquests of the people of Guimarães. At one end of the Square, you can find a beautiful Renaissance fountain with three bowls. In the center of the square, an iron railing was placed to recover the old layout of the square.
Torre da Alfândega - Aqui Nasceu Portugal
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Rua do Anjo, 15
4800-152, Guimarães
It became known as Torre da Alfândega after the Alfândega (Customhouse) de Guimarães building was created next to it. Visiting this point is almost mandatory for anyone visiting the city for the first time. It is mainly known for the famous inscription "Aqui Nasceu Portugal" (Portugal Was Born Here).
Praça de São Tiago
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Praça São Tiago
4800-445, Guimarães
Medieval square where, according to tradition, the Holy Virgin Mary was brought by the apostle São Tiago, having been placed in a pagan temple in the square. Here, there was also a porch chapel, dating from the 17th century, dedicated to Santiago, which was demolished at the end of the 19th century.
Largo da Oliveira
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Largo da Oliveira
4800-438, Guimarães
It is in this square that you can find what remains of the old Convent of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira, the church of Oliveira and the beautiful cloister inserted in the Alberto Sampaio Museum. In front of the church, you can see the pattern that recalls the victory of D. Afonso IV over the Moors, in 1340, in the battle of Salado. Also noteworthy is the Domus Municipalis, an imposing monument that was the county palace at the end of the 14th century, highlighting the porch supported by five Gothic arches, the five bay windows and a statue on the …
Estátua de Homenagem a Dom Afonso Henriques
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Rua Conde Dom Henrique
4810-412, Guimarães
Imposing statue with several tribute plaques, erected in honor of the first king of Portugal, Dom Afonso Henriques. It was designed by Soares dos Reis and was inaugurated in 1874. For some years it was in Praça do Toural, until it was definitively placed there.
Padrão do Salado
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Largo da Oliveira
4800-438, Guimarães
Built in the reign of Dom Afonso IV, it was intended to commemorate the Battle of 1340. The porch consists of four carved broken arches, based on columns with carved capitals, topped by the Royal shield. Here is a cross that represents Christ Crucified on one side and the Virgin Mother under a canopy on the other.
Paço dos Duques de Bragança
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Rua Conde Dom Henrique
4800-412, Guimarães
15th century monument built by Dom Afonso, Count of Barcelos. Large building, with four bodies that surround an interior courtyard with a rectangular plan. This construction occupied the place of the old palace of the Leonese kings. Much changed over the centuries, it was recently restored. Noteworthy are the Gothic chapel portal, the "lost steps" and the banquet hall. It has a museum where the four copies of Pastrana tapestries, which narrate some steps of the conquests in Africa, the core of Flemish tapestries, Portuguese furniture from the post-discovery period and also porcelain and weapons from the 15th to the …
Centro Cultural Vila Flor
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Avenida Dom Afonso Henriques, 701
4810-431, Guimarães
Cultural Center installed in an annex of the Vila Flor Palace, with four meeting rooms with 55 seats each, an exhibition area with 1000 m2, two theater auditoriums with capacity for 1000 people, a restaurant, a café-concert and a car park with 250 seats.
Parque da Cidade de Guimarães
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Rua Antero de Quental
4810, Guimarães
The Parque da Cidade de Guimarães is a large and pleasant park that has a children's playground, multi-sports area, ping-pong table, fitness circuit and a lake.
Santuário da Penha
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Penha
4810-038, Penha
Sanctuary consisting of a church, several chapels and dotted with several natural cavities, which were formerly shelters. It was built in 1946, after a fire in 1939 destroyed the original Santuario Eucarístico da Penha.