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Convento de Santo António
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Rua do Convento de Santo António, 9
3230, Penela
Simple and austere building, characteristic of Franciscan architecture. It was built in the 16th century, still retaining the round entrance gate, cut out and decorated with volutes.
Aldeia do Xisto de Ferraria de São João
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Ferraria de São João
3230, Cumeeira
This is one of 23 shale villages spread across thirteen municipalities in Pinhal Interior. A place that recovers memories of other times, always in total contact with nature. It is in good condition, after having undergone renovation works.
Castelo de Penela
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Rua do Castelo, 5
3230-280, Penela
Castle overlooking the town, where the Church of São Miguel, dating from the 15th century, and a set of anthropomorphic graves from the late Middle Ages stand out. It has a polygonal, irregular shape and is made up of walls and several towers from the 15th and 16th centuries. It preserves the Vila Door and the Betrayal Door, the latter with Moorish influences. This is the second-largest castle on the Mondego defensive line.
Igreja Matriz de Santa Eufémia
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Rua Paços do Concelho
3230-253, Penela
Church built in the 16th century and restored in the 17th and 18th centuries. Highlights include the Coimbra tiles, which were applied in the several chapels at different times, the altarpiece of the Espírito Santo Chapel and a 14th century stone sculpture representing the Virgin and Child.
Museu da Villa Romana do Rabaçal
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Rua da Igreja - EN347-1
3230-544, Rabaçal
Small museum where you can observe some objects collected in the ruins of the Roman Villa of Rabaçal, including a milestone to Décio (mile VIII from Conímbriga) from the village of Tamazinhos, Cantanhede, and requires a guided tour of the ruins that make up the agricultural farm consisting of the rustic villa, frumentaria and urban villa, dating from the 4th century AD. Highlight is the permanent exhibition "Roman villa of Rabaçal: once upon a time...".
Penela
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Penela
3230, Penela
Penela, a name of celtic origins, is located between the interior mountain area and the coastal plains. It was founded during the reign of Dom Afonso Henriques and rceived its charter in 1337. It has a castle whose construction started in the 11th century and a donjon. Ot has two diffrent areas: insid walls, the oldest one, and outside walls.
Pelourinho de Penela
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Rua 25 de Abril
3230, Penela
This pillory has a cylindrical shaft topped by an orb where it is recorded the town’s escutcheons.
Pelourinho de Podentes
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Largo do Pelourinho
3230, Podentes
This pillory has a flat shaft in marble, with a cubic capital decorated with a Cross from the Military Order of Christ, an armillary sphere and heraldic symbols.
Estátua do Infante Dom Pedro
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Praça da República
3230, Penela
Statue representing the Infante Dom Pedro, erected in honor of the same.
Homenagem aos Mortos da Grande Guerra
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Rua dos Paços do Concelho
3230, Penela
Monument erected in tribute to combatants of World War II. The statue stands the armillary sphere, the cross of Christ and the coat of arms of Portugal.