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Conjunto de Fortalezas das Linhas de Torres
- heritage
Alhandra
2625, Forte da Casa
Traces scattered over an area quite extensive documenting a set of defensive walls built by Portuguese and British troops during the Napoleonic invasions. Alongside the historic weight, is its location, in high areas, that they become attractive belvederes.
Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Purificação
- heritage
Rua do Cemitério, 20
2600-581, Cachoeiras
Rural parish church where is to enhance the quality of the coating, polychrome tile patronage the chapel with a 16th century font, the altarpiece of Baroque gilded chancel, the paintings on Board that are observed on the walls and on the ceiling of the nave (16th and 18th centuries, respectively) and the 18th century pattern tiles in the chancel.
Monumento às Linhas de Torres
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Alhandra
2600, Alhandra
Monument about 5 meters in height consisting of a column based on ornate base which boasts a figurative statue of your capital. This would be the place from where they began to erect the towers, complex Lines of fortifications built between 1810 and 1812 to defend against the armies of Napoleon.
Museu do Ar - Pólo de Alverca
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Largo dos Pioneiros da Aviação
2615-174, Alverca
Located in an old 1930s hangar, by the OGMA and the railway station, the Museu do Ar (Air Museum) features planes, equipments, engines, helixes, airplane miniatures, airplane weaponry, historic relics and uniforms.
Museu Municipal Vila Franca de Xira
- heritage
Rua Serpa Pinto, 65
2600-263, Vila Franca de Xira
Museum consisting of collections of archaeology, fine arts (painting, gouache, sculpture, drawing, watercolour and printmaking), tiling, posters, documents, ethnography, industrial heritage, epigraphy, numismatics, photography and textiles. There are also the collections of religious art and antoniana and the spoils Julius Goes, which consists of drawings and watercolours depicting mainly the lezírias of Vila Franca de Xira and bullfighting themes. Highlights also include the photographic collection consists of approximately 6000 images.
Jardim da Quinta da Subserra
- country
- leisure
Largo 1° de Maio - Quinta da Subserra
2600, Vila Franca de Xira
The garden belongs to a 19th century farm, where the nobility used to gather, the royal family included. The set includes the building, the grotto, the tank, the pigeon houses and the garden that stands out for its busts and for the tiles.
Passeio Ribeirinho de Alhandra
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Passeio Pedonal Ribeirinho de Alhandra
2600, Alhandra
A pedestrian area by the Tejo river with several leisure areas, namely the picnic area with several tables and benches by nice lawns by the river with diversified vegetation.
Voltar ao Cais
- food & drink
Avenida Major José Joaquim Paiva, 55
2600-450, Alhandra
On the waterfront of Alhandra, facing the Tagus, the restaurant Back to the pier presents itself as a modern space, bright and very spacious. Once worked as a rice warehouse, as one realizes the frames exposed. The kitchen is traditional but with details that make the difference, both in fish in sight in the room, as in meat. On mild days, the meal Gets a special flavor in the beer or, more precisely, in return to Pier Terrasse.
Pelourinho de Vila Franca de Xira
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Praça Afonso D'Albuquerque
2600, Vila Franca de Xira
This Manueline pillory has a prismatic base settled in five steps. The shaft is flat and it is ornate with vegan symbols. The capital it is polygonal and it is finished by a small base in which lays a stone sphere.
Pelourinho de Povos
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Rua José da Costa e Silva
2600, Povos
This Manueline pillory has a three steps platform. It possesses a prismatic base from which the twisted shaft comes out divided in the middle by a double frame and decorated with vegan elements. The capital displays four prominent shields.