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Biblioteca Municipal de Ovar
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Rua Arquitecto Januário Godinho
3880-152, Ovar
Place with several services for the community. It has information about the municipality, loans, photocopies, reading room, audiovisual section, story room, among others. It also has automated catalogs to make searching faster and more efficient.
Casa Museu da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco
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Rua Gomes Freire, 27
3880-229, Ovar
Museum with images used in processions, with emphasis on Our Lady of Conception (18th century), cult implements, vestments, paintings, porcelain and religious curiosities, reflecting the life of the Third Order of Saint Francis.
Museu Júlio Dinis - Uma Casa Ovarense
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Rua Júlio Dinis, 81
3880-293, Ovar
The museum portrays the visit, in 1863, of the writer Júlio Dinis through Ovar. It was in Ovar that Júlio Dinis wrote a substantial part of the book "As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor" and drafted what became the novel "A Morgadinha dos Canaviais". It is the reconstruction of the interior of a traditional farmhouse.
Igreja Matriz de Válega / Igreja de Santa Maria
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Rua da Igreja Matriz - EM538
3880-506, Válega
Church decorated with figured polychrome tiles. Beautiful colors and eye-catching images that make this church the pride of the parish among visitors.
Moinho de Fresulfe
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Fresulfe
5320-052, Vinhais
Mill located in the Montesinho Natural Park, on the left bank of the Tuela River. The large dam guarantees enough water for the mill, with its three millstones, to operate. The old premises where the miller lived are currently transformed into a tourist accommodation unit.
Centro Interpretativo da Gruta de Dine / Lorga de Dine / Casa da Moura Encantada
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Rua da Igreja
5320-051, Vinhais
Ancient limestone dolomite cave, with occupation documented in Recent Prehistory and Protohistory. It is believed to have had a funerary function, as well as having served as a grain store. The collection of its interior can be found in the Dom Diogo de Sousa Museum, in Braga.
Igreja de São Francisco e Seminário dos Missionários Apostólicos de Vinhais
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Rua dos Frades
5320-331, Vinhais
This building has architectural features from the 17th and 18th centuries. On the facade, open, large windows framed in granite, with Johannine decoration. Elegant pinnacles top the cornices on which the pediments rise. The church also has a parietal bell tower crowned by amphorae.
Pelourinho de Vinhais
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Rua do Boqueiro
5320, Vinhais
Pillory formed by an octagonal shaft and a capital decorated with heraldic symbols and a cross, topped with an armillary sphere. It was built in the 16th century, destroyed at the end of the 19th century and rebuilt in the 20th century.
Castelo de Vinhais
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Rua do Boqueiro
5320, Vinhais
Castle built in the 13th century, then subject to modifications in 1253. It had great military importance due to its location in a border area. Currently, some walls of medieval origin remain, as well as some towers and doors. In the 18th century, the existing castle was demolished so that the main church could be erected.
Edifício dos Antigos Condes de Vinhais / Casas Novas / Centro Cultural Solar dos Condes de Vinhais
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Rua Simão da Costa Pessoa
5340-335, Vinhais
Baroque-style manor house, built in the 18th century. It has a longitudinal plan and a hipped roof. The facade is characterized by the rhythm of the windows and doors, with triangular pediments and wrought iron. On the left side of the building is the chapel. In the various rooms on the main floor there are traces of paintings with bucolic scenes.