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Percurso do Centro Histórico de Ponte da Barca
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Rua Diogo Bernardes
4980, Ponte da Barca
This trail may start at the Fountain of Saint João, a baroque fountain and the passes by the crucifix and the lovely water mill. There are many interesting places along the way, namely the House of the Fonte Velha (Old Fountain), the House of the Relógio de Sol (Sun Clock), the Church of Misericódia, the Houses of Largo and Guarda Fiscal and the Noble House of the Correio Mor. The trail ends by the Mother Church and the Farias House, just a few metres before the starting point.
Germil
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Germil
4980, Germil
A traditional village located among fertile valleys and mountains of the Serra Amarela (Yellow Mountain). It has typical houses and cobblestone streets.
Ermida
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Ermida
4980, Ermida
Located on the northwest hillside of the mountain, this village still has a large number of rock made, culm covered houses. The 18th century mother church and the 12th century memorial are worth a visit. The inhabitants still wear traditional clothes.
Percurso Pedestre dos Moinhos de Parada
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Parada
4980, Lindoso
A small pedestrian trail at the Lindodo parish, in the village of Parada. The trail crosses lush vegetation areas, old abandoned mills and wonderful hillside by the Lima river. A special note to the natural pool known as Poço da Gola, a unique, edenic place.
Igreja Matriz de São Martinho de Crasto
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Mosteiro
4980-246, Crasto
This is a Romanic temple from the ends of the 12th century that used to belong to the Canons from the Rule of Saint Augustine.
Espigueiros do Lindoso
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Castelo
4980-451, Lindoso
The granaries of Lindoso fit in the kind of narrow and granaries of Plumb walls. Focus around a single threshing floor, rectangular, revealing the importance of the collective work of the mountain communities.
Ponte Medieval de Ponte da Barca
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Choupal do Côrro
4980-614, Ponte da Barca
Built in the beginning of the fifteenth century it underwent restoration works in 1761 and in 1896. It has ten arches settled in strong pillars with breakwaters. The two central arches belong to the eighteenth century renovation and the remaining ones are from the primitive construction.
Igreja de São João Baptista / Igreja Matriz de Ponte da Barca
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Rua Trás do Forno
4980-623, Ponte da Barca
Constructed between 1717 and 1738 this building possesses a façade topped by a relief with the Christ Baptism, work from the 17th century. On the interior there are many lateral chapels and one can stand out the carving diversity, since the so called national style from 1727 until the “rocaille”, and also the glazed tiles coverage within the “carpet” type.
Cascata de Fervença
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Cascata de Fervença
4980, Ponte da Barca
It belongs to a set of small waterfalls and ends at the Fervença waterfall, with an altitude of 15 to 20 metres. It is acceded by the EM (Nogueira/Portela do Vade). The waterfall is not fit for sports.
Estátua em Homenagem a Nossa Senhora da Paz
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Monte de Santa Rita
4980-020, Vila Nova de Muía