Aqueduto do Mosteiro de Grijó
Also known as Amoreiras Aqueduct or Murracezes, this monument built in the eighteenth century (probably in 1765) is a private civil engineering. In architectural terms, the aqueduct has a width of about two feet and a height ranging between one-and-a-half and eight metres, as the slope of the terrain. In the final section, which ends in fountain, presents an arcade consisting of fourteen arches full of great dimension.
Contacts
Rua da Associação Desportiva (junto ao Mosteiro de Grijó)
4415-434,Carvalhos
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Characteristics
Monuments near Aqueduto do Mosteiro de Grijó
Ao Escultor Henrique Moreira - Homenagem do Povo de Avintes
Bronze bust of the sculptor Henrique Moreira, placed on a granite wall.
Monumento ao Moleiro de Sandim
A bronze sculpture representing a miller on top of a millstone, with a hammer in is hand.
Aqueduto dos Arcos da Amoreira
A big aqueduct with several arches, stretching along the Amoreiras arches and entering the Quinta de Grijó.
Busto do Reverendo Manuel Leão
A bronze bust placed on a granite wall with the inscription: “To the Reverend Manuel Leão/Monte da Virgem Fraternity and Oliveira do Douro Parish”.
