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Farol do Albarnaz

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Estrada do Farol
9970, Santa Cruz das Flores

Santa Cruz das Flores

Lighthouse located at the northern tip of the island, called tip of the Albarnaz, about a hundred meters of altitude. It is a circular tower with 9.5 feet high.

Museu das Flores

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Largo da Misericórdia - Convento de São Boaventura
9970-303, Santa Cruz das Flores

Santa Cruz das Flores

Created in 1986, it is located in the old Convent of Saint Boaventura, with two different areas. It exhibits fishing objects, namely related to whaling. On the other hand, it tells of the history of cattle breeding, dairy products and tapestries.

Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição

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Rua da Conceição
9970-320, Santa Cruz das Flores

Santa Cruz das Flores

Large church, built in the 19th century, the bell towers and the facade trimmed by large Windows. Inside, the chancel deserves attention.

Igreja Matriz de Alvadia / Igreja de Santa Cruz

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Rua da Igreja
4870-011, Igreja

Ribeira de Pena

Mannerist architecture church with nave and chancel. Features, inside, chorus-high, holy water sinks, gomadas to flank the portals, baptistery in round Arch on the Gospel side, niche in round Arch on the opposite, with side altarpieces of carved late-Baroque altarpiece carved chancel and revivalist.

Estação de Arte Rupestre de Lamelas

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Lamelas
4870-106, Lamelas

Ribeira de Pena

The Cave paintings in Lamela are composed with granitic effleurage with enormous dimensions in which, its superior part is covered with cave sculptures, namely simple and composed geometric figures such as concentric circles, lines, reticulated and perforated. It should also be mentioned an oval ditch, half dig on the extreme east from the sculptured piece. It is classified as Building of Public Interest.

Roteiro Camiliano

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Ribeira de Pena
4870-159, Ribeira de Pena

Ribeira de Pena

Cultural itinerary which covers locations traversed by the writer Camilo Castelo Bank in Ribeira de Pena or referred to by this in their literary works. They are seven: Fishing bridge (referred to in the story "How she loved him!" and the play "the Werewolf"), the settlement of Friúme (where the writer lived between 1840 and 1842), Church of the Savior (where he married at the age of 16 years of age with Joaquina Pereira de France in 1841), Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Guia (referred to in "Twelve happy marriages"), Chapel of the Old Farm (where the writer has learned …

Ponte de Arame

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Rua da Veiga
4870-253, Santo Aleixo de Além-Tâmega

Ribeira de Pena

The construction of this bridge dates from 1913, with the goal of establishing communication between the parishes of Salvador and de Santo Aleixo de Plus-Tâmega that before was for "fillies" and "prey" which allowed the passage to Ford and, later, by ferries. The bridge is suspended by wires twisted about themselves, more than a hundred over almost 20 meters, which rely on granite pillars on each side of the bridge. The wooden walkway has 1.5 meters wide, and forms the basis of the side walls of the structure, also on wire rope. The story goes that the idea for this …

Museu da Venda Nova

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Largo do Pelourinho, 1
4870-187, Ribeira de Pena

Ribeira de Pena

Housed in a building that once served as the Town Hall and the county jail, however destroyed by fire and retrieved for museological purposes, the interpretation centre of Venda Nova aims to present exhibitions that monographic study and disclose the assets of the municipality, as is the flax or Cycle the coats of arms of the municipality of Ribeira de Pena.

Núcleo Museológico do Castelo de Lanhoso

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EN205, 560
4830-597, Póvoa de Lanhoso

Póvoa de Lanhoso

The collection of the Museum consists of archaeological objects found in the vicinity of the Castle, in particular in the Castro de Lanhoso. The second floor of the Tower has been transformed into an audiovisual space where the visitor will get to know the entire history of the Castle and the lands of Lanhoso. The core account, yet, with a multimedia space of information, where the tourist can meet the various stages of occupation of Monte do Pilar.

Museu do Ouro de Travassos

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Rua da Aldeia de Baixo, 263
4830-771, Travassos

Póvoa de Lanhoso

O Museu do Ouro está instalado numa oficina de ourivesaria da Casa de Alfena (hoje uma unidade de Turismo de Habitação) e faz parte de um conjunto de oficinas, datadas do século XVIII. Este espaço pretende dar a conhecer a identidade de uma comunidade ligada ao trabalho de ouro, desde tempos ancestrais. O museu resulta dos esforços de um ourives de Travassos, Francisco de Carvalho e Sousa, que, ao longo de cinquenta anos de actividade, foi recolhendo objectos de ouro, utensílios e mobiliário, agora aqui expostos.

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