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Heritage in Portugal
Igreja Matriz de Santa Valha / Igreja de Santa Eulália
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Bairro da Igreja
5430-230, Santa Valha
On the facade there is an oculus flanked by two coat of arms. The interior has a single nave with a wooden ceiling. Highlights include the 18th century paintings in the main chapel, the carvings of the main altar and the two side altars, from the same period, two oil paintings on wood, a chalice monstrance dated 1690 and an 18th century chalice.
Igreja de São Vicente / Igreja Matriz de Vilarandelo
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Rua Professora Amélia Castelo
5430-659, Vilarandelo
Temple built in granite stonework and surrounded by a series of crosses, also in granite. The front is torn by a round arched portal. A bell tower with two windows, topped by a Maltese Cross, completes the façade.
Museu Rural da Castanha
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Rua de Santa Bárbara
5445-167, Carrezedo de Montenegro
In Carrazedo de Montenegro, chestnut cultivation and production are part of the local culture. The museum is responsible for putting the art of this cultivation at the visitors service.
Ponte do Porto/ Ponte de Prozelo
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Rua da Ponte do Porto
4720-612, Prozelo
Bridge over the Cávado river with a length of 150 meters. It dates from the 14th century and stands out for the irregular dimensions and shapes of the various buttress arches that make it up.
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Abadia
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Rua de Nossa Senhora da Abadia
4720-643, Amares
Sanctuary composed of via cross chapels, support buildings for pilgrims, fountains, cross and church. The Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Abadia already has a long tradition, being considered by many to be the oldest Marian Sanctuary in Portugal, dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries. Surrounding it is a stunning nature.
Mosteiro de Santo André de Rendufe / Mosteiro de Rendufe
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Avenida do Mosteiro
4720-626, Mosteiro
Baroque Benedictine monastery renovated in the 16th and 18th centuries. It has a church, rebuilt in the 18th century, with a symmetrical facade and two bell towers. The barrel-vaulted roof and the gilded altarpiece are worth highlighting. Also, worth mentioning, although it is in ruins, is the cloister area, made up of nine-bay galleries, with Tuscan granite columns, a decorative fountain in the center made of carved stone and several flowerbeds.
Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Bouro
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Largo do Terreiro
4720-633, Terreiro
Although the conventual part is in ruins, the church, rebuilt in the 18th century, presents a harmonious façade dominated by five sculptures representing the four evangelists and Saint Louis. Inside, the gilded altarpiece and the Joanine sacristy stand out with paneled and painted ceilings, and walls covered in historic tiles. The cloister is made up of seven sections of arcades with Tuscan columns. It is currently adapted as a guesthouse.
Museu do Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Abadia
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CM1254
4720-651, Amares
Museum dedicated to religious ethnography and which includes a collection of offerings and ex-votos resulting from the fulfillment of promises. Sacred art, statuary, implements, documentation and religious manifestations, as well as ethnographic, folklore and craft elements are part of its collection.
Ponte de Rodas
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Rua da Ponte de Rodas
4720-243, Caldelas
Bridge with a flat profile deck over three unequal arches with narrow, long voussoirs with an irregular top. It has two buttresses with a triangular cutwater and a rectangular cutwater and outline in granite stonework.
Ruínas da Torre e Honra de Vasconcelos / Casa dos Mouros
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Rua de Santa Luzia
4720-093, Ferreiros
Set consisting of a tower to which a residential annex was later attached. The tower is a quadrangular building. The ruin also has the ground floor and part of the first floor. The original access door has a perfect round arch. The annex has a wide door that has pointed arches on both sides. It had at least two floors.