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Jardim Manuel Bívar
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Praça Dom Francisco Gomes, 12
8000-269, Faro
Garden with different types of trees and well-designed and arranged flower beds, interspersed with long cobbled corridors that invite you to take a walk. There is also a small café with a pleasant terrace. Even before the 17th century it contained important buildings such as the Hospital and Igreja da Misericórdia, and during the 17th and 19th centuries the Customs and Civil Government buildings were built here.
Convento de Nossa Senhora da Orada
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Alameda do Convento
8200, Albufeira
This former convent was built in a Valley once desert and it lies the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (formerly called Hermitage). The enormous devotion to our Lady on the part of many local fishermen is demonstrated by the amount of "ex-votos" found in the chapel of the Convent and that illustrate the miracles that occurred through his intercession. In the churchyard are two graves of victims of the constitutional struggles of the 19th century.
Convento de Santa Maria de Semide
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Rua Mosteiro Santa Maria
3220-423, Semide
Monastery founded in the 12th century by the Benedictine order, was changed due to a fire occurred in 1664. It features a 16th century cloister and part of another seventeenth-century. The Church, dating from the 17TH century, has tiles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Are the sculptures of the main altarpiece, attributed to Friar Cipriano da Cruz, the paintings of the choir stalls, the Rococo-style organ and the cloisters.
Casa do São Cosmado
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Rua de Pedro Álvares Cabral, 10
3530-238, São Cosmado
House where, according to tradition, inhabited Pedro Álvares Cabral, while alcaide-mor of Mangualde, former Azurara da Beira. The property features rectangular plan and gable roof, being notorious the numerous changes that suffered. The top floor is the ground floor housing and to the animal shelter. Has a porch supported by a series of smooth columns, with capital and elevations with apilastrados corners.
Casa da Botica
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Pátio dos Artistas
4830-513, Póvoa de Lanhoso
Botica's House is, at the same time, House of culture and the municipal library of Póvoa de Lanhoso. Is one of the oldest in the County, built in 1676 and retired in 1862, before the urbanization plan of the village. In relation to the origin of the name Casa da Botica, Pelican, placed on the façade of the building, gives some lights on designation. It is known that the Pelican now is regarded as religious symbol and as a Christian symbol.
Castro de Gestosa
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Gestosa
5460-414, Gestosa
The Castro da Gestosa is deployed on a spur overlooking the village, near the road ER311. Is one of the most important forts of the County, is classified as a Property in the public interest, which stands out for its complex defensive system: has three lines of walls, still well preserved, braces, double moats and polygonal stones embedded. On the upper deck are traces of circular dwellings.
Castro de Mourilhe
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Mourilhe
5470-311, Mourilhe
Castro located southwest of Mourilhe, overlooking the ribeira da Pedreira, in line with the castros de Frades. Is covered by a dense undergrowth of Oaks and small and medium businesses. Presents a form roughly circular, surrounded by at least two lines of walls still well percetíveis, among which there are large platforms. On the north side, the defense would be complemented by a moat which precedes the walls.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição / Igreja Matriz de Vila do Bispo
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Praça da República
8650-417, Vila do Bispo
Typical 18th century façade featuring a door with an oculus above it, complete with a curved pediment and flanked by a bell tower. The inside is covered in 1726 tiles featuring a theme of lilies and dolphins. The high altar’s elaborately worked golden altarpiece features Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Our Lady of Conceição), the church’s patron. Next to the church there is an interesting museum of religious art.
Igreja Matriz de Santa Cruz
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Praça Doutor João Abel de Freitas
9100-162, Santa Cruz
Dedicated to Saint Salvador, the parish church of Santa Cruz resulted from the recovery of the Capela das Almas, from the 17th century, which had already been based on another construction from the beginning of the 16th century, following the 1748 earthquake. It presents influences from the mendicant Gothic and, inside, the baroque and neoclassical gilded altarpieces and traces of paintings on the pillars stand out.
Ermida de São Pedro
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Rua do Relógio, 61
7090-048, Alcáçovas
Chapel situated on a small elevation, in the old Rossio das Hortas, surrounded by houses on both sides and with a front patio. Ancient records do repackage its existence to the year 1536. It was then remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries. Inside are murals, chronicling nine moments of life of St. Peter. The paintings have a baroque nature and are subtitled in archaic Portuguese. Is located on private property.