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Busto do Doutor Sousa Martins
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Avenida Rainha Dona Amélia - Parque Saúde Guarda
6300-749, Guarda
Stone bust of Dr. Lopo de Carvalho.
Busto do Doutor Lopo de Carvalho
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Rua Batalha Reis
6300-668, Guarda
Bust of Doctor Lopo de Carvalho, one of the founders and first Director of the sanitarium Sousa Martins.
Busto do Doutor Francisco dos Prazeres
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Largo Frei Pedro
6300-711, Guarda
Bust of Dr. Francisco dos Prazeres (1849-1918). In honor of the man who guardenses, among other activities, was linked to the construction of the Hospital da Santa Casa da Misericórdia and the Foundation of the District of childhood Helpless Asylum.
Capela da Nossa Senhora de Lurdes
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Rua do Repouso
6300-853, São Miguel da Guarda, Guarda
Main chapel with a small tile panel over the front door.
Museu de Tecelagem dos Meios
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Rua Direita
6300-135, Guarda
Museum installed in an old weaving factory, where you can currently see manual looms, which still manufacture rag blankets and blankets. It also has collars and rattles for sheep and other craft products on display.
Vestígios da Antiga Vila de Jarmelo
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Jarmelo (São Pedro)
6300, Guarda
Of the old village of Jarmelo, currently, only a set of ruins remain located on an elevation from which you can see a vast area, from Serra da Estrela to Serra da Marofa. The story goes that, because of the love between the Infante Dom Pedro and Inês de Castro, this village suffered great violence, and the consequences are still clearly visible today.
Museu da Guarda
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Rua General Alves Roçadas, 30
6300-663, Guarda
Space installed in the old Episcopal Seminary built in 1601 by Dom Nuno de Noronha, Bishop of Guarda. It opened to the public as a museum in 1985, under the name Museu da Guarda, showing the history of the district. The Museum's collection comprises collections of archeology, numismatics, sacred sculpture from the 13th to the 18th centuries, sacred paintings from the 16th to 18th centuries and armory from the 17th to 20th centuries. The museum's collection also includes ceramic objects, photography, regional ethnography, painting and drawing from the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th …
Parque Urbano do Rio Diz
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- leisure
Rua da Direção Geral de Viação
6300-312, Guarda
Large recreational space, with about 21 hectares, consisting of a water mirror, a children's playground, a semi-covered multipurpose space with rooms for parties and events, a toy library and a library.
Sé da Guarda
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Praça Luís de Camões
6300-725, Guarda
Built between the 14th and 16th centuries, this Cathedral has two portals, one Gothic and the other Manueline. There are two octagonal bell towers, gargoyles and pinnacles on the outside, an altarpiece by João Ruão, columns, the chapel of Pinas and chairs. Due to successive reconstructions, it presents several different styles that marked the 14th and 15th centuries.
Chafariz dos Amores
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Avenida Doutor Francisco Sá Carneiro
6300-559, Guarda
Framed by pilasters crowned by pinnacles, has three lattes, embossed, two vessels based on the columns framing a castle with the arms and the Royal Crown. The pediment is another real shield, Johannine.