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Capela de São Simão
- heritage
Rua Cônego Manuel Nédio de Sousa
3870-031, Bunheiro
Small funeral chapel, built at the beginning of the 17th century. It has a popular style and is quite simple in decorative terms. It consists of a cylindrical body, with a bell tower attached to its dome, and a rectangular main chapel.
Casa Museu Custódio Prato
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Rua dos Passadouros, 40
3870-028, Bunheiro
Housed in a house with traditional architecture in the region, it features ethnography collections and an interesting display of some traditional crafts.
Museu Etnográfico da Murtosa
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Praça Doutor Araújo e Castro, 3
3870-155, Murtosa
The Museum is made up of three rooms with a total area of around 232 m2, dedicated to three themes: Earth, House and Water, representative activities of Murtosa. It displays objects linked to land preparation, harvesting, fishing, sargassum harvesting, food, spinning and weaving, transport, work and party clothing, household contents, lighting, miniature boats, religious objects and musical instruments.
Museu de Nordeste
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Rua Dona Maria do Rosário, 5
9630-144, Nordeste
Museum opened in 1989 that brings together a vast and varied ethnographic collection. Here you can find various pieces, such as agricultural utensils, old costumes, antique crockery, etc.
Ponte dos Sete Arcos
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Rua Jorge M. Reis Machado, 20
9630, Nordeste
This bridge serves as an entrance to the center of the village of Nordeste for those coming from Ribeira Grande and Ponta Delgada and was built in 1882. Not even its narrow width hides its beauty, one of the most beautiful in the entire archipelago. At night, with the lamps lit, it seems to take us back to the end of the 19th century.
Dólmen do Turgal
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Britelo
3630, Penela da Beira
Monument belonging to the Necropolis of Senhora do Monte (consisting of eight dolmens). This dolmen is formed by two stones holding a larger stone, which covers the tomb.
Dólmen do Carvalhal
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Britelo
3630, Penela da Beira
One of the eight dolmens belonging to the Senhora do Monte Necropolis.
Necrópole Megalítica de Lameira de Cima
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Quinta da Lameira de Cima
3630-145, Ourozinho
Set of two prehistoric funerary monuments, probably dating from the end of the 4th/3rd millennium BC.
Biblioteca Municipal de Penedono
- heritage
Praça 25 de Abril
3630, Penedono
Building that has a vast archive of publications.
Ponte Românica de Beselga
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Rua da Devesa
3630-046, Beselga
Roman bridge consisting of a single arch. It is surrounded by vegetation and constitutes a valuable example of the history and architecture of that Beira region.