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Escultura Alusiva à Pesca
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Avenida Infante de Sagres
8125, Quarteira
A sculpture that represents a boat with two fishermen throwing their nets to the sea. A homage of Vilamoura's population to the fishing population.
Escultura Comemorativa do Dia 10 de Junho
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Avenida dos Descobrimentos
8600, Lagos
A limestone sculpture that represents a discoveries landmark, inaugurated on occasion of Portugal's day ceelebrations in 1986. It is about two metres tall and is located in a flowerbed with grass.
Esculturas da Zona Ribeirinha de Entre Pontes
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Avenida Capitão Fernandes Leão Pacheco
8500, Portimão
Set of nine sculptures by various sculptors, erected in 2003. Are aligned along the recent Riverfront of Portimão.
Escultura do Dia Internacional da Criança
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Rua Porta de Portugal
8600, Lagos
A concrete sculpture, inaugurated in 1979 on occasion of the Child's International Day celebrations.
Escultura "O Mar, a Mulher e a Terra"
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Rua Infante de Sagres
8600, Lagos
A simple and abstract sculpture that symbolizes the sea, the woman and the earth. It has three pillars in brown marble and was made by Eduarda Coutinho.
Capela de Santa Catarina / Capela de Triana
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Largo Gago Coutinho
2580-360, Alenquer
Seventeenth-century chapel which originally belonged to a group of buildings of the Oratory of Saint Catherine, designed by Fr. Andrew of San Bernardino. The façade has straighter Dick portal surmounted by high window of appliance rusticated and finished in triangular pediment and a small bell. Inside, the gilded altars, a pulpit from the 17th century, and a few pieces of eighteenth-century imaginary.
Igreja e Mosteiro de São Salvador de Castro de Avelãs
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Rua da Torre Velha
5300, Bragança
A temple that belongs to the ancient Benedictin monastery. It has romanic features with some baroque elements. The headboard has unusual characteristics in Portugal, totally revested by bricks, in the romanic-mudejar style, and finished by zig-zag layers.
Fortaleza do Outeiro
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Outeiro
5300-711, Bragança
Fortification in ruins located on the Hill of the Castle, where you will find just a few pieces of wall. The result of an ancient castle of irregular oval plant.
Pelourinho do Outeiro
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Rua da Igreja
5300-711, Bragança
Pelourinho consisting of a quadrangular platform with two steps, based on a shaft drive unit, surmounted by a capital with four arms. The capital form a Greek cross, with prismatic shot.
Edifício e Jardim do Antigo Paço Episcopal de Bragança
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Rua Abílio Beça, 27
5300-011, Bragança
Initially a building of the 1600s, it was rebuilt in the 18th century. A special note to the chapel, with a ceiling in polychrome wood, neoclassic in style, and the impressive colleection of religious canonicals. Currently this building houses the Museum of the Abbot of Baçal.