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Praça de Touros de Salvaterra de Magos

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Avenida Doutor Roberto Ferreira Fonseca
2120, Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

Inaugurada a 1 de Agosto de 1920, o edifício de planta circular tem 3992 lugares sentados.

Igreja Paroquial de São Paulo / Igreja Matriz de Salvaterra de Magos

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Rua Luís de Camões, 39
2120, Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

Church located in the main square of Salvaterra de Magos, cm construction begun in 1296 and then with several interventions. In the old sacristy of the tile panels has a cartouche with the date 1725. Inside, one of the ship has a fake wooden Vault ceiling painting depicted his patron saint, São Paulo, towering to the skies guarded by a group of angels.

Falcoaria do Antigo Paço Real de Salvaterra de Magos

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Avenida José Luís Brito Seabra, 3
2120-051, Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

The Chapel and falconry are the only elements that remain of the former Royal Palace where the Royal family travelled, especially in hunting season. Falconry, single element in Portugal, is a building with approximately 305 niches, to guard the birds used in the training of hawks.

Palácio da Casa Cadaval

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Rua Vasco da Gama
2125, Muge

Salvaterra de Magos

Also called Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval, this building has suffered several works of enlarging and has a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Glória.

Capela do Antigo Paço Real de Salvaterra de Magos

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Praça da República
2120, Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

Mannerist temple with a square plan, in which stands the altar, in 17TH century gilded, a pietà from the 16th century and paintings and images of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Igreja da Misericórdia de Salvaterra de Magos

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Rua Luís de Camões
2120, Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

The Misericórdia Church features Mannerist and Rococo architecture. It is flanked by the ship's Bell covered with wooden ceiling and vaulted chancel.

Museu Etnográfico de Glória do Ribatejo

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Rua da Fonte Velha, 10
2125-027, Glória do Ribatejo

Salvaterra de Magos

Two museum sections: the Ethnographic Museum that shows the history of the local population and the Traditional House, that recreates the house of a small 1940s farmer.

Igreja Nossa Senhora da Atalaia

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Rua Antonio Joaquim Marques
2870, Atalaia

Montijo

A mannerist construction, rebuilt in the 18th century. The interior walls are covered by white and blue tiles of the 17th century that picture scenes of the life of the Virgin Mary. On the back of the church there is a eucaliptus wood that ends in a fountain, the Fountain of Our Lady or Saint Fountain, where, according to the legend, Our Lady of Atalaia appeared. That is where the traditional symbolic "lavagens" (cleansing) still take place during the main popular celebrations in the parish, in the last Sunday of August.

Capela da Misericórdia de Canha

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Rua do Castelo
2870, Canha

Montijo

The altar of the chancel has a golden carvings retable and Solomon columns that surround the painted pannels that picture Saint Margareth of Cortona and Saint Martin of Tours, of the 17th century. On the ceiling there is the National Shield of Dom Sebastião painted.

Igreja de Santo Isidro de Pegões

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Avenida 25 de Abril
2895, Santo Isidro de Pegões

Montijo

A church with a geometry of the cement architecture. Somewhat unique in its plan, reminding us of the "Estado-Novo" (New State, the right wing political regime that was in power before the revolution of April 25, 1974), the dome and lateral walls of the high altar are decorated with paintings that relate to the life of Saint Isidro.

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