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Casa da Quinta da Calçada
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Quinta da Calçada
4960-614, Melgaço
Is a late 17th century building, with U-shaped plant, which was the subject of magnifications in the 19th century. Solar sober with balcony, indented and endowed with solid granite bulkhead, which is access to the piano nobile and becomes functional open space. The whitewashed roof follows the local tradition, proofing the tile.
Igreja Paroquial de Vilar de Mouros / Igreja de Santa Eulália
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Estrada da Igreja
4910-584, Funchal
Parish Church of longitudinal plan with nave and rectangular chancel and Bell Tower of quadrangular. Emphasis on the altars in Renaissance and Baroque gilded and lateral Manueline portal.
Edifício dos Paços do Concelho de Caminha
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Praça Conselheiro Silva Torres
4910-122, Caminha
Building that was being successively extended in accordance with the needs of various eras. In the early era of small dimensions, having undergone expansion of the structure in the mid-twentieth century, demolished an existing chapel.
Santuário da Senhora das Neves / Santuário da Senhora da Serra
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Chão do Porto
4910-188, Caminha
Mountain Sanctuary indoors, with baroque chapel. In the surrounding area, covered with underbrush, pines and olive trees, spread a few tables, which served as a support to the Romans.
Casa da Torre / Torre de Lanhelas
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IC1/ EN13
4910-204, Lanhelas
Building composed of three towers of different dimensions, attached to each other by the houses. This set, which is structured from a 16th-century tower, is a good example of how a rural noble home has developed from a defensive Tower. It is surrounded by walls ameados. In the case of private property, it is not possible to visit the building.
Casa dos Pitas
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Rua da Corredoura, 7
4910-133, Caminha
Two-floor building of the mid-17th century, with a monumental facade crowned by battlements. The upper floor, fairly long, is torn by seven ornate Windows in Manueline style.
Capela de São Sebastião de Barcarena
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Rua Bombeiros Voluntários
2730-185, Oeiras
Small circular Temple which is believed to have its origin in a mill, which annexed a ship which was later transformed into altar. The pulpit and the stone sink, from the 17th century, and to the work of sculpture decorated with foliage and flowers.
Paço de São Cipriano
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Rua de São Cipriano
4835-461, Tabuadelo
It was built in 1415, this building suffered profound transformations through the centuries. The two floors house involves a medieval tower with crenels. Apart from the main building there is a chapel in honour of Santo António built in the 18th century.
Paço Episcopal Bracarense
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Praça Municipal
4700-435, Braga
This construction was rebuilt in 1930, on the ruins of the former Bishop's Palace, demolished in 1871. Its wings define different styles in different periods of construction. The east wing is gothic (XIV century) and the west wing is late baroque (XVIII century).
Palácio de Vila Flor / Centro Cultural Vila Flor
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Avenida Dom Afonso Henriques, 701
4810-431, Guimarães
Palace built in the mid-17th century, with a beautiful garden in three terraces decorated with a Baroque fountain. Highlighting the granite statues representing the first Kings of Portugal. In 2005, suffered and restoration works it was added a building where work currently the Centro Cultural Vila Flor. The Palace houses several meeting rooms with temporary exhibitions and the Cultural Centre has two auditoriums for concerts, a concert café and a restaurant.