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MonumentsTorre de Oriz ou dos CoimbrasTorre de Oriz or Torre dos CoimbrasDates from the fourteenth century. Built in granite on an almost square plan, with two storeys and narrow windows.Attached to the tower is a seventeenth century house rebuilt in the eighteenth century in the rural (...)
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MonumentsTorre de PenegateDates from the fourteenth century. Fortified rectangular tower with three storeys, thick stone walls and few openings. This was a feudal tower, also serving as fortress and residence.Thought to have been built by Dom Egas Pais de Penegate, a comrade (...)
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MonumentsTorre de QuintelaMedieval tower, dating from the twelfth or thirteenth century, on a square ground plan. The windows and corner ramparts were added in the fourteenth century.
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Tourism in a Manor HouseTorre de RefóiosIn the middle of a valley which belonged to the monks of the Refóios Monastery, one erected the superb medieval Torre dominating with its shadow the rural setting made up by old agricultural annexes.Idyllic view is offered to the visitor: fields cut (...)
Telephone: +351 258 751 030; +351 96 256 44 73
E-mail: vazdealmada@sapo.pt
Website: http://www.torrederefoios.com
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MonumentsTorre de VilarBuilt in granite blocks, comprising five floors. Lit by Romanesque arrow loops. Entered by a an arched door.This tower was part of the defences of Honra de Brolhaes.
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsTorre do Castelo de Aguiar de Sousa
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsTorre do Palácio dos TerenasThis rectangular tower has been altered at various points in its history. It dates originally from the first half of the fourteenth century, having been built on the orders of Pedro Sem, chancellor of the kingdom from 1336 to 1341.
Telephone: +351 226 939 49
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MonumentsTorre do Relógio - CaminhaClock TowerCrenellated tower belonging to the medieval city walls, classified as a national monument. The tower bestrides one of the old city gates, in the form of a double arch.
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MonumentsTorre dos Alcoforados
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsTorre dos ClérigosGenuine baroque work by Nicolau Nasoni, an ex-libris monument of the city of Porto.The Church of Clérigos (Ecclesiastics) is a genuine baroque masterpiece dating from the mid-18th century. It was designed by Nicolau Nasoni, an architect of Italian (...)
Telephone: +351 220 145 489
E-mail: info@torredosclerigos.pt
Website: http://www.torredosclerigos.pt
