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Number of results: 66
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MonumentsMosteiro dos JerónimosOn the banks of the Tagus is an apogee of Manueline architecture.In the spot where the Jerónimos Monastery stands today, next to the old Belém beach, was originally a small hermitage dedicated to Santa Maria that had been built by the Infante D. (...)
Telephone: +351 213 620 034
E-mail: geral@mjeronimos.dgpc.pt
Website: http://www.mosteirojeronimos.gov.pt
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MonumentsSé de BragaThe first cathedral, older than Portugal.The Cathedral of Braga was the first Portuguese cathedral, erected several decades before the founding of the country. It began to be built at the end of the 11th century, and was concecrated and dedicated to (...)
Telephone: +351 253 263 317
Fax: +351 273 263 731
E-mail: info@se-braga.pt; geral@culturanorte.pt
Website: http://www.se-braga.pt/catedral.php
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MonumentsConvento de Cristo e Castelo TemplárioThe Convent of Christ In 1983, UNESCO awarded the classification of world heritage to the Templar Castle and the Convent of the Knights of Christ in Tomar, a unique monument in the history of the western world. Built on a site that was originally (...)
Telephone: +351 249 313 481
Fax: +351 249 322 730
Website: http://www.conventocristo.pt
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MonumentsBasílica de Santa LuziaBuilding work on this basilica dedicated to Santa Luzia and the Sacred Heart of Jesus started in 1904, and lasted until 1959. It is the work of architect Miguel Ventura Terra, who was succeeded by Miguel Nogueira, after the death of his master in (...)
Telephone: +351 258 107 836 / 961 660 300
E-mail: confrariasantaluzia@gmail.com
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Clara-a-VelhaThe Mosteiro de Santa Clara was built in 1314 at the orders of the Queen Saint Isabel of Aragon, replacing a small convent of nuns of the Order of St. Clare, founded in 1286. The building was completed in 1330, having been designed by the architect (...)
Telephone: +351 239 801 160
Fax: +351 239 801 169
E-mail: mosteiro.scvelha@drcc.pt
Website: http://santaclaraavelha.drcc.pthttp://www.facebook.com/mosteiro.santaclara.a.velha
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa CruzFounded outside the walls in 1131 by the Observing Canons of St. Augustine, the Mosteiro de Santa Cruz is one of the oldest and most important monuments in Coimbra. Dom Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, came here to attend the religious (...)
Telephone: +351 239 822 941
Fax: +351 239 822 941
E-mail: igrejasantacruz@gmail.com
Website: https://igrejascruz.webnode.pt/https://www.grupogala.com.pt/mosteiro-santa-cruz/
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de Viana do CasteloThe Misericórdia (Mercy) building and the church date from the 16th century. Created in 1520, the Misericórdia brotherhood developed to the extent that they decided to build the so-called “Casa das Varandas”, in the second quarter of the 16th (...)
Telephone: +351 258 822 350
Fax: +351 258 820 290
E-mail: geral@scmviana.pt
Website: http://www.scmviana.pt/contactos.html
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MonumentsIgreja de São João Baptista, Matriz de TomarSituated in the centre of Tomar, the Igreja de São João Baptista was originally built in the 15th century, but was later reconstructed in the 16th century. In 1520, the king Dom Manuel raised its status to that of a collegiate church, thus making it (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de São Francisco / Capela dos Ossos - ÉvoraChurch of São Francisco - ÉvoraOne of the striking features of the façade is a church porch with arches of different styles - a typical example of the "marriage" between Gothic and Moorish style found in so many monuments of this region in Portugal. (...)
Telephone: +351 266 70 45 21
Fax: +351 266 70 57 01
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MonumentsIgreja da Graça - ÉvoraChurch of Graça - ÉvoraThe Church of Graça was built in the 16th century, during the reign of D. João III, in accordance with architectural designs by Miguel de Arruda.A unique monument, of Palladian influence, it highlights a robust character in (...)
