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Museu do Caramulo

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Rua Jean Lurçat, 42 - Caramulo
3475-031, Caramulo

Tondela

The museum features an art collection thatAbel de Lacerda started in 1953, with works by famed modeern artists such as Vieira da Silva, Jean Lurçat, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. Its famed automobile collection includes vehicles that took part in over 100 events (races, rallies and compettions), mostly abroad, during the last 25 years.

Núcleo de Sepultura de Valdasna

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Valedasna
3475-073, São João do Monte

Tondela

Is a necropolis consisting of four anthropomorphic graves with perfect round breast. These graves are in a base of a small hill overlooking the river Águeda.

Capela de Nossa Senhora do Campo

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Rua Nossa Senhora do Carmo
3465-084, Campo de Besteiros

Tondela

Rococo church architecture, the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Campo has moth and 17th-century structure, although it has been the target of subsequent amendments. Inside, the altar, the paintings and the painted ceiling.

Estação de Arte Rupestre de Alagoa

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Lugar de Alagoa
3465-012, Barreiro de Besteiros

Tondela

Space consisting of eight shale rocks with hundreds of prints, with some overlap. Among the several reasons represented include human footprints (podomorfos), horseshoes, dimples and circles. The engravings have been obtained through the technique of t-flange using lithic utensils.

Igreja Velha de Santa Maria

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Canas de Santa Maria
3460-012, Canas de Santa Maria

Tondela

The classification as a National Monument only includes the façade it which the ogival arch is displayed, with a finishing which has a campanile with two windows.

Igreja de Porto Covo

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Largo Marquês de Pombal
7520, Porto Covo

Sines

A church composed of a nave and a narrower high altar, with the sacristy on the right side.

Forte da Ilha do Pessegueiro / Forte de Santo Alberto do Pessegueiro

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Herdade do Pessegueiro e Ilha do Pessegueiro
7520-421, Ilha do Pessegueiro

Sines

This fortress, which constructions was ordered in 1603 by Filipe III, is located in the Ilha do Pessegueiro (Peach Tree Island), to the south of Porto Covo. During the Restauração War (Restoration War) it was attacked several times by the Castilla army and was severely damaged. At the end of the 17th century, during the reign of Dom Pedro II, a new fortress was constructed. It is currently in ruins.

Museu de Sines / Casa de Vasco da Gama

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Largo Poeta Bocage - Castelo de Sines
7520-152, Sines

Sines

The core headquarters of Sines Museum and the House of Vasco da Gama, installed in the buildings of the castle interiors, were inaugurated on November 24, 2008. In the core headquarters are housed an exhibition dedicated to the 20TH century, in Sines, and some archaeological booty. There are parts of the facilities dedicated to Vasco da Gama of great interest, where you can see if your biography, the House where lived and their role in the Portuguese maritime history.

Tesouro de Nossa Senhora das Salas

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Largo da Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Salas
7520, Sines

Sines

A historical building, reconstructed in 1585 by the king Dom Felipe I and reconverted for cultural purposes in 1990. The museum contains from the paleolithic to the baroque. Its main set of objects is the punic treasure of Gaio.

Igreja Matriz de São Salvador

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Largo Muro da Praia
7520, Sines

Sines

It was here that on the age of 11 or 12, with three of his brothers, Vasco da Gama received the tonsure and became a member from Santiago Order. On the 18th century the medieval church, already too small for the quantity of prayers that wanted to attend the mess, had to be remodelled receiving its present aspect typical from the Joanine baroque.

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