Porta do Soar
This granite gate, located on a wall, is a simple construction, with an ogival exterior arch and a depressed interior. In the medieval age, when there were seven gates, it was meant to defend the city. Currently there are only two doors lefet: the Soar or Arco dos Malos Gate and the Cavaleiros Gate.
- Difficult external parking
- Walls & City doors
- Visitable (no guide)
- True
Characteristics
Monuments near Porta do Soar
Edifício do Restaurante Caçarola
This building, currently being recovered, is a typical house with a granite ledge, arcade windows and the royal arms in the centre.
Edifício do Banco de Portugal em Viseu
This granite building has 6 roman columns in the main façade and also arcade windows, some with marble columns.
Busto de Almeida Moreira
This bronze bust, located in a small garden at the entrancee of the Ameida Moreira museum, intends to pay tribute to Almeida Moreira (1873-1939) at the time of…
Busto de Dona Maria do Céu da Silva Mendes
This bronze bust that pictures Dona Maria do Céu da Silva Mendes, stands on a square granite base.
Capela de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
This chapel, from 1742, was built in the honour of Our Lady of the Remédios. It has an octogonal shape and in its interior the late baroque retable of polychro…
Casa da Regueira / Palacete dos Silva Mendes
In this 2 floors building, the interior stairway and the neoclassic tiles that ornament the forecourt stand out. The upper floor is more noble for its decorati…
