Museums, Monuments and Sites
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MonumentsErmida de São Sebastião - FaroHermitage of São Sebastião - FaroThe only surviving vestiges of the mediaeval building is the Gothic chapel with a carved vaulted ceiling. The interior includes an 18th-century gilded woodwork altarpiece in the main chapel and 17th-century (...)
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Museums and PalacesEspaço Memória dos ExíliosExiles Memorial SpaceInaugurated in 1999, the Exiles Memorial Space preserves the memory of all those who found in Cascais and Estoril a "safe haven" during the various wars that devastated Europe in the 20th century, especially the Jews fleeing the (...)
Telephone: +351 214 815 930
E-mail: eme@cm-cascais.pt
Website: https://cultura.cascais.pt/list/museu/espaco-memoria-dos-exi (...)
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Museums and PalacesEspaço Memória e FronteiraThe Espaço Memória e Fronteira is one of the most interesting museums in Melgaço. Located at the old municipal slaughterhouse, which was restyled and expanded in 2007, this museum approaches the municipality’s contemporary history, specially the (...)
Telephone: +351 251 418 106
E-mail: memoriaefronteira@cm-melgaco.pt
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ArchaeologyEstação arqueológica de Alter do ChãoArchaeological station in Alter do ChãoThe vestiges found here include a building that contains several mosaics and a thermal spa. The remnants pertain to Abelterium, a small settlement that was cited in the itinerary of António.
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ArchaeologyEstação Arqueológica do Freixo - TongobrigaArchaeological Site of Freixo - TongobrigaThe ruins of the Roman city of Tongobriga lie under the village of Santa Maria do Freixo, in the municipality of Marco de Canaveses. They are dispersed around 15 hectares of area classified as a National (...)
Telephone: +351 255 531 090 / 934 057 060
E-mail: tongobriga@culturanorte.gov.pt
Website: http://culturanorte.pt/pt/patrimonio/estacao-arqueologica-do (...)
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ArchaeologyEstação arqueológica romana da LuzRoman archaeological station of LuzA Roman "villa" excavated in the 19th century, whose main features include the Roman bath-house, with various outbuildings and the mosaic pavements. An industrial complex was also discovered, constituted by fish (...)
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Museums and PalacesFábrica-Museu da Ameixa de ElvasDiscover the secret of the Elvas Plums on a visit to the oldest factory of confectioned fruit still in operation.Visiting the Fábrica-Museu Ameixas de Elvas (Elvas Plum Factory-Museum) is a journey back in time until the early twentieth century, (...)
Telephone: +351 268 628 364
E-mail: serenofonseca@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ameixas-elvas.com
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MonumentsFarol da Boa NovaBuilt in 1927, the Boa Nova Lighthouse stands 46 metres high and is thus one of the tallest in Portugal at 57 metres above sea level. It was electrified in 1950 before being linked up to the national grid in 1964. At that point, it also began (...)
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MonumentsFonte da Rainha Santa IsabelRustic fountain with two azulejo (tile) panels. Queen Isabel is said to have drunk from this fountain and the water is sought after for its miraculous properties by mothers without milk for their infants. It dates from 1292. A suspended panel bears (...)
