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Igreja Matriz de Pedrógão de São Pedro / Igreja de São Pedro
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Rua de Santo António, 4
6090-436, Penamacor
Mannerist and Baroque church, of longitudinal plant consisting of a nave, a chancel narrower and lower, a sacristy and a Bell Tower located near isolated. It was built in the 17th century, and altered in the following centuries. It's possible that this is the oldest monuments of Penamacor. Emphasis on the late-Baroque altarpieces.
Conjunto na Localidade da Senhora da Póvoa
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Avenida da Igreja
6090-711, Penamacor
Set of houses with two floors, the ground floor as a store or place of storage and the first floor as housing. Are typical Portuguese countryside houses, built between the 16th century and the 17TH century.
Museu Municipal de Penamacor
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Largo Tenente Coronel Júlio Rodrigues da Silva
6090-545, Penamacor
Museum opened in 1949 where you can see a section of archaeology, with artifacts from prehistory and Roman period; a section of Ethnography, with various farm implements and two old carriages; and even a section of miscellaneous, with collections of notes and coins, old weapons and stuffed animals.
Museu Doutor Mário Bento
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EN233
6090-385, Penamacor
Museum located in the old mill of Calicut family, exposing an archaeological and ethnographic collection, including the equipment of the mill. Featured for some shows that depict the making of bread, olive oil and wine and for the archaeological exhibition, where Roman artefacts predominate.
Castelo de Penamacor e Torre de Vigia
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Largo de Santa Maria
6090-516, Penamacor
This castle only the Watchtower, the clock tower (which appears to have been donjon), some panos of walls, ruins of ramparts and the door of the village, under the former Domus Municipalis. The village of Penamacor integrates in a region once inhabited by Romans, Goths and Arabs, having received the first Charter in 1209, granted by Dom Sancho I.
Museu Etnográfico da Freguesia de Meruge
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Lage Grande, 9
3400-359, Meruge
A space where one can admire some objects and testimonies to the local ethnography.
Casa Museu da Fundação Dona Maria Emília Vasconcelos Cabral
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Praceta Doutor António Saraiva
3400-073, Oliveira do Hospital
Old "Casa de Baixo" (Lower House), dating back to the 18th-19th centuries, that used to belong to the nobleman Francisco Cabral Metello. This museum pictures the romantic monarchy of the burgeoise society from before the Republic.
Museu Municipal Doutor António Simões Saraiva
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Rua João Borges Brito, 4
3405-018, Bobadela
A museum inaugurated in April 2005 where one may admire paintings, sculptures, engravings and some ethnographic works, such as objects donated by inhabitants from the entire parish.
Ruínas Romanas de Bobadela
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Rua João dos Santos Pestana Coelho - Largo da Igreja
3405, Bobadela
From the former Roman city the round arch still exists. It is settled in strong pillars and has several tombstones and other traces.
Castelo de Avô e Ermida de São Miguel
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Rua do Castelo, 10
3400, Avô
Castle located on the Bank of the river Alva, with a wall with 3.50 metres high by 2.70 meters wide. It was built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 14th century. By the door is the chapel of St Michael, with a ship with protruding chancel and two vaulted side niches.