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Parque Fluvial do Rio Teixeira
- beach
Mesão Frio
5040, Mesão Frio
Baroque and Rococo church, dating from the 17th century. The interior is lavishly covered in baroque and rococo gilded carvings. It has a bell tower attached to the side. It features painting on the ceiling with relief engravings on wood.
Igreja Matriz de Oliveira / Igreja de Santa Maria
- heritage
Lugar da Igreja
5040-211, Oliveira
Baroque and Rococo church, dating from the 17th century. The interior is lavishly covered in baroque and rococo gilded carvings. It has a bell tower attached to the side. It features painting on the ceiling with relief engravings on wood.
Igreja de Cidadelhe / Igreja de São Vicente
- heritage
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5040-154, Cidadelhe
Baroque church that features plant and shell elements and great decorative richness.
Castro de Cidadelhe
- heritage
Cidadelhe
5040-154, Mesão Frio
Protohistoric settlement with Roman and medieval occupation.
Igreja Matriz de Mesão Frio / Igreja de São Nicolau
- heritage
Rua de Santo António, 36
5040-310, Mesão Frio
Although the antiquity of the church is evident in the thickness of the walls, clearly visible in the deep cut of the windows, and it is believed to have Romanesque roots, the temple probably only dates from the 14th century. It underwent extensive renovations in the mid-18th century, which gave it the baroque and rococo character it presents today. Inside, with a single nave, the domed and paneled roof, with 66 paintings, and the main chapel ceiling, which is divided into 18 paintings, stand out. The altar features a gilded altarpiece. Tradition says that this church was built by Queen …
Arcas Tumulares Românicas
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Avenida Conselheiro José Maria Alpoim
5040-310, Mesão Frio
It is a set of seven trapezoidal sarcophagi dating from the end of the Middle Ages, placed in the churchyard of the Parish Church of Mesão Frio. Each of them consists of a chest and a lid, two of which are uncovered, with the lid on the side, having a tomb cavity with anthropomorphic contours. Five of them have a lid with a polygonal section with six planes and the other two have a lid of a different type, with a pentagonal section and a gabled volume.
Convento de São Francisco / Igreja de Santa Cristina
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Avenida Conselheiro José Maria Alpoim, 432
5040-310, Mesão Frio
Former Mannerist Franciscan convent. Currently, the Mesão Frio City Council, the Land Registry and the Tourism Office operate in the convent building. The interior of the church features wooden ceilings, a nave with a high choir, pulpits and two chapels. Together with the Convent of São Francisco de Vinhais, it constituted one of the two convents of the Order of Friars Minor that were Apostolic Seminaries in the district.
Quinta do Côtto
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Cidadelhe
5040-154, Mesão Frio
The farm, with 70 hectares of vineyards, is used for residential and tourist purposes, for residential and commercial tourism, as it exports and sells Vintage Port and red and white wines that bear the name of the farm. The manor is a large and elegant building from the beginning of the 18th century superimposed on a building from the 15th/16th century of which traces can still be found. There are also ruins from the Middle Ages, on the rear facade, which tradition attributes to the first establishment of the Montez family in the place, before the founding of the Monarchy …
Praia Fluvial da Rede
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Vila Marim
5040-481, Vila Marim
In addition to being located in the idyllic landscape of the Douro River and being bathed by its waters, this river beach has an area for placing boats in the water and a large leisure area with grass. It has good conditions for canoeing.
Miradouro de São Silvestre
- country
- leisure
Cimo do Douro
5040-407, Vila Jusã
With an altitude of 530 meters, it allows you to cover a large area of landscape, making it possible to observe the Douro wine-growing landscape and a large section of the river, in addition to the view over Mesão Frio. In addition to the vineyards, olive trees, patches of pine forest, some woodland and broom dominate the landscape. As for fauna, there are rabbits, mink, wild cats and even foxes in the viewpoint area.