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Museu Industrial e Artesanal do Têxtil
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Rua das Grutas, 593
2485-059, Mira de Aire
Este museu permite descobrir uma época de ouro do têxtil em Portugal, quando Mira de Aire e Minde formaram um dos mais importantes pólos industriais têxteis no século XX.
Troço de Via Romana em Alqueidão da Serra
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Rua da Estrada Romana
2480, Alqueidão da Serra
This is a roman path and it has 150 metres of its route well preserved. It is presumed that this road was made on the I a.C century or I d.C. century. It is classified as Building of Public Interest.
Miradouro de Alqueidão da Serra
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Alqueidão da Serra
2480, Porto de Mós
Situated in the Natural Park of Serras de Aire e Candeeiros, approximately 500 meters of altitude, the Belvedere is an excellent vantage point over the lands to the North and West of this mountainous system, being possible to distinguish the Porto de Mós Castle, the monastery of Batalha or the castle of Leiria.
Fórnea
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Fórnea
2480, Alcaria
Many trails lead to this place, with a geological phenomenon that results in a natural amphitheatre. Inside the Fórnea there is the Cova da Velha, a cavity with a spring that flows down to the Fórnea Brook.
Grutas de Santo António
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Rua das Grutas
2480-034, Alvados
Discovered in 1955, they are part of a set of caves that exist in the Minde hill. They are configured like a gallery/room and they have a natural chimney. They are filled with stalactites and stalagmites, the largest room has 6000 m2 and they may be visited.
Grutas de Alvados
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Rua das Grutas
2480-034, Alvados
Discovered in 1964, they are located on the Minde hill, in an area where these formations abound. They are configured like a gallery/room/well. A special note to the stalactites, stalagmites and illumnitaed lakes in the interconnected rooms.
Grutas de Mira d'Aire
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Avenida Doutor Luciano Justo Ramos, 470
2485-050, Mira de Aire
Discovered in 1947, these are the largest caves in Portugal. They are configured like a gallery/room/well and their formation is due to erosion and to tectonic changes. There are subterranean lakes and rooms with lovely calcareous formations. There are two elevators and a depth of 110 metres. Here one finds the Grande Lagoa (Large Lagoon), formed by the Rio Negro (Black River), a subterranean water course that, in the winter, forms the Mira de Aire Lagoon.
Alvados
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Alvados
2480, Alvados
In this place, the caves of Alvados and Saint António, with their stalactites and stalagmites and the lagoon are worth a visit. In the surrounding area, there is the Candeeiros mountain and the Aire mountain. A pecial not to the mother church, the mills and the rural houses too. The craftswork includes cork onjects and embroideries.
Museu Municipal de Porto de Mós
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Travessa de São Pedro
2480-332, Porto de Mós
Opened since 1989. It is located by the Porto de Mós Town Hall. A special note to its fossils and dinossaur bones exhibitions.
Centro de Interpretação da Batalha de Aljubarrota
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Avenida Nuno Álvares Pereira, 120
2480-062, São Jorge
A space inaugurated in 1986. Located in the Military Fields of Saint Jorge. It features a documental exhibition about the period of 1369 to 1415 and to the battle between the Portuguese and Castillan armies in 1385. The exhibition is divideed in four parts: the Low Middle Ages, the Crisis of 1383-85, the Battl of Aljubarrota and the Consequences of the Victory.