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Capela do Senhor da Serra / Santuário do Senhor da Serra
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Rua Dom Manuel Bastos Pina, 186
3220, Semide
The primitive chapel was built in the late 17TH century, and later reformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Featured for the side altarpieces and the image of Christ, bought the Santa Casa da Misericórdia and from the demolished Church of mercy.
Centro Histórico de Miranda do Corvo
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Miranda do Corvo
3220, Miranda do Corvo
The historic centre of Ampthill surrendered to urban growth, but kept the original features, being now a pleasant and friendly place, with narrow streets and well-kept facades.
Pelourinho de Miranda do Corvo
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Praça José Falcão
3220, Miranda do Corvo
This pillory has a cubic base with a flat and octave shaft, ringed in its centre and on the fringes. The top is parallelepiped with the faces decorated with an armillary sphere, the Christ Cross and the national Coat of Arms.
Convento de Santa Maria de Semide
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Rua Mosteiro Santa Maria
3220-423, Semide
Monastery founded in the 12th century by the Benedictine order, was changed due to a fire occurred in 1664. It features a 16th century cloister and part of another seventeenth-century. The Church, dating from the 17TH century, has tiles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Are the sculptures of the main altarpiece, attributed to Friar Cipriano da Cruz, the paintings of the choir stalls, the Rococo-style organ and the cloisters.
Viveiros da Barrinha
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EN334
3070, Praia de Mira
Construídos na primeira década do século XX, estes viveiros localizam-se na margem poente da Barrinha.
Azulejos de Mira
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Largo do Município
3070, Mira
Traditional tiles set in shades of blue and white, located at Largo do Município. Depict some typical professions, such as fishing and agriculture, and still some monuments\/parks in the municipality.
Pelourinho de Mira
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Rua Flórido Toscano - EN109
3070, Mira
This pillory stands in a circular platform. The cylindrical shaft has rings in it superior third. It shows a sword on the middle.
Igreja de São Tomé/ Igreja Matriz de Mira
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Praça da República
3070-304, Mira
It was constructed in 1690 and it underwent important transformations during the 19th century. On the inside it stands out the seventeen hundreds roof paintings and the baroque altarpieces.
Museu Palheiros de Mira
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Avenida da Barrinha, 55
3070-792, Mira
The museum functions in an original and traditional barn and features the fishing activities of the central Portuguese area, namely the Gãndara area. It has paintings by famed national artists and documents about the pillories of Mira, the water mills, the Casa do Visconde (House of the Viscount), the Mother Church of Mira, the chapel of the Mira beach, the dunes, the lagoons, the pinewoods, the tree species and the region's animals.