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Palácio do Vidigal
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Estrada de Canha - Herdade do Vidigal
7080, Vendas Novas
19th century work with ribatejano features, with four wings on two floors and a beautiful courtyard. Along the main houses there is a chapel in honour of Nossa Senhora da Conceição. This is one of the few monarchical symbols of architecture. It is a private property. It's not visitable.
Palácio Real
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Avenida da República
7080-099, Vendas Novas
This building is the current School of artillery, also known as Palace of the passages. Here lived the Royal family and the Court, factor that you can verify by still exist some evidence.
Museu de Artilharia
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Avenida da República
7080-099, Vendas Novas
The EPA museum deals with military history and is largely located in the garden by the school, where one may find the Bocas de Fogo (Fire Mouths) and another area in the military headquarters. The collection dates back to before 1861 and includes ammunitions an clothes, among others.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Castelo
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Vila Velha de Ródão
6030-164, Vila Velha de Ródão
Hermitage consists of a T-shaped plan, due to the construction of two sacristies, keeping within a tiled front Mudejar.
Museu do Azeite
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Rua do Barreiro, 15
6030-007, Sarnadas de Ródão
In this small museum you can learn about the cycle of the olive oil.
Torre de Menagem de Vila Velha de Ródão / Castelo de Rodão / Castelo do Rei Vamba
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Vila Velha de Ródão
6030-164, Vila Velha de Ródão
This medieval keep it’s to be found on a scarp over Tejo River. This tower is the only remain from Ródão castle also known as King Vamba Castle. The castle was built on the VII century by Vamba King and the tower was probably built whether on the XI or on the XII centuries by the Knights Templar.
Passeio de Barco às Portas de Rodão
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Rua do Porto do Tejo
6030, Vila Velha de Ródão
Through the company Outdoor Incentives you can book boat trips on the river Rodao, departing from Vila Velha do Rodao, passing through the doors of Rodao, national natural monument, and the Conhal Arneiro area, where the Romans exploited gold.
Ecopista do Dão
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Viseu/Santa Comba Dão
3440, Tondela
This is the old Linha do Dão, a railway line between Santa Comba Dão and Viseu, deactivated in 1988, which was transformed into this pleasant 49 km Ecotrail, being the longest Ecotrail in Portugal.
Museu Terras de Besteiros
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Solar de Santa Ana - Rua Dr. Simões de Carvalho
3460-588, Tondela
Instalado no Solar de Santa Ana, este museu alia o design, a criatividade e os conteúdos científicos de excelência. A sua exposição permanente é constituída por coleções de arqueologia, história, etnografia e arte sacra.
Estação de Arte Rupestre de Molelinhos
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Lugar da Carvalheira
3460-210, Tondela
Archaeological station consists of six panels of shale, which have hundreds of engravings insculturadas, recorded by three different techniques: incision, flange abrasion). The engravings represent different reasons, since weapons (Spears, daggers and knives), agricultural instruments (sickles), geometric designs (zigzags, latticework, circles, triangles) and podomorfos and filiform, dimples, etc. Some are more recent. Have been performed during the Late Bronze and early iron age. Are classified as Property in the public interest.