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Pelourinho de Murça

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Praça 5 de Outubro, 10
5090-112, Murça

Murça

A contemporary of King Manuel I, who granted the town a new charter in 1512, and being one of the best preserved in Portugal, the Pillory is built on eight steps, has a spiral shaft topped by a capital with heraldic symbols and is topped by five spiral pinnacles.

Crasto de Palheiros

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Palheiros
5090-210, Palheiros

Murça

The Crasto de Palheiros, or Fragada do Castro, is an imposing quartzite ridge that was carved and built by the populations of that region of the Trás-os-Montes Hot Land between the beginning of the third millennium BC and present times.

Porca de Murça

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Largo 31 de Janeiro
5090-111, Murça

Murça

Shrouded in popular legends and its origin or purpose not known for certain, Porca de Murça (Murça´s Female Pig) is an unequivocal symbol of the town, even giving its name to well-known region's wines. It is a zoomorphic stone sculpture from protohistoric times and is thought to be a votive statue to sacred animals.

Museu Industrial e Artesanal do Têxtil

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Rua das Grutas, 593
2485-059, Mira de Aire

Porto de Mós

Este museu permite descobrir uma época de ouro do têxtil em Portugal, quando Mira de Aire e Minde formaram um dos mais importantes pólos industriais têxteis no século XX.

Troço de Via Romana em Alqueidão da Serra

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Rua da Estrada Romana
2480, Alqueidão da Serra

Porto de Mós

This is a roman path and it has 150 metres of its route well preserved. It is presumed that this road was made on the I a.C century or I d.C. century. It is classified as Building of Public Interest.

Museu Municipal de Porto de Mós

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Travessa de São Pedro
2480-332, Porto de Mós

Porto de Mós

Opened since 1989. It is located by the Porto de Mós Town Hall. A special note to its fossils and dinossaur bones exhibitions.

Centro de Interpretação da Batalha de Aljubarrota

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Avenida Nuno Álvares Pereira, 120
2480-062, São Jorge

Porto de Mós

A space inaugurated in 1986. Located in the Military Fields of Saint Jorge. It features a documental exhibition about the period of 1369 to 1415 and to the battle between the Portuguese and Castillan armies in 1385. The exhibition is divideed in four parts: the Low Middle Ages, the Crisis of 1383-85, the Battl of Aljubarrota and the Consequences of the Victory.

Conjunto de Edifícios da Igreja Matriz de Brotas

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Rua da Igreja
7490-017, Mora

Mora

This group of buildings, similar to a neighborhood, supported the pilgrimages from the Brotherhoods of Nossa Senhora das Neves. All houses have two floors and some have stairs to access the balconies. You can also see a fountain, with a spout and a rectangular sink and the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora das Brotas.

Castelo de Porto de Mós

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Rua do Castelo, 3
2480, Porto de Mós

Porto de Mós

The plan of the castle is an irregular Pentagon. Features a thick wall and is reinforced in every angle with a tower. Four of the five towers were restored. The main façade is torn by a round arch, which provides access, through a domed, the entrance door, with bow down inside. On the second floor there is a double-drill arcade loggia, based on oitavados and pillars in inverted cone shaped Corbels, with an arched window broken on Corbels, on each side. Has four vaulted rooms that open onto a central courtyard with cistern in half, preceded by pilasters and classicizantes …

Capela de São Jorge

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Avenida Nuno Álvares Pereira
2480-062, São Jorge

Porto de Mós

Built in 1393 by the Constable d. Nuno Álvares Pereira, where was your banner at the battle of Aljubarrota. The chapel of St. George is a small building with chancel, with a panelled Vault whose closing stone represents a Pelican. The interior is simple, being highlighted at the main altar, columns, topped the fine triumphal arch and the symbols of d. João II on closing of rib vault of warheads.

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