The parish of Vila de Alva is located on th left bank of the Alvito brook, where the wine production, the cheese, the "linguiça" (a sausage), the craftsworks and the wood miniatures stand out. The monumnts include the Church of Saint António, of Saint João, of the Misericórdia and the Chapel of Calvário.

The museum is divided by the Curch of Misericórdia and the Church of Our Lord of Passos and features painting, sculpture, religious clothings and pre-historic, roman and medieval archaeological collections.