Museums, Monuments and Sites
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Number of results: 1292
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MonumentsIgreja de São Lourenço de AlmancilChurch of São Lourenço de AlmancilThe Church of São Lourenço de Almancil was built in the first half of the 18th century, in Baroque style.The interior decoration is a classic work of Portuguese baroque style and azulejo art. The main altar has a (...)
Telephone: +351 289 395 451
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MonumentsElevador de Santa JustaSanta Justa ElevatorThe steep hills on which Lisbon lies bestow the city with an urban rhythm that is part of its charming contrast to other European capitals. However, for the people who spend their lives in the city, climbing up by foot is rather (...)
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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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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional de QueluzThe Palace of Queluz and its gardens, represents one of the finest examples of late 18th-century Portuguese architecture.Built at the orders of Pedro III, the husband of D. Maria I (1734-1816), and used as a royal residence, this palace is one of (...)
Telephone: +351 219 237 300
Fax: +351 219 237 350
E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pt
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MonumentsSé Catedral do PortoThe many names of Marian Devotion.Porto Cathedral, like the first band of city walls, was born in the 12th century by initiative of its first bishop, D. Hugo. The temple is also known as the church of Santa Maria do Porto, de Nossa Senhora do Porto (...)
Telephone: +351 226 179 345 - 222 059 028
Fax: +351 226 096 276
E-mail: geral@culturanorte.pt
Website: http://www.culturanorte.pt/pt/gca/index.php?id=120http://www.rotadascatedrais.com/en/porto
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MonumentsCastelo de GuimarãesThe castle´s presence evokes the exciting mixture of legend, poetry and heroism that surrounds the beginning of Portuguese history. On this Monte Largo (Broad Hill) - referred to as alpis latitus in the Latin documents of the time - the nucleus of (...)
Telephone: +351 253 412 273 / 226 197 080
E-mail: pduques@culturanorte.gov.pt
Website: https://pacodosduques.gov.pt/monumentos/castelo-de-guimaraes (...)
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MonumentsFortaleza de SagresSagres or the Promontorium Sacrum. This location evokes the memory of the Infante D. Henrique and the Portuguese discoveries. The southwesternmost point in the European continent, was already referred to in antiquity as the Promontorium Sacrum, (...)
Telephone: +351 282 620 140
Fax: +351 282 620 141
E-mail: fortaleza.sagres@cultalg.pt
Website: http://www.cultalg.pt
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ArchaeologyParque Arqueológico do Vale do CôaThrough the imposing mountains of the north-eastern region of Portugal, where in early spring the almond trees are in full blossom and in autumn the vines are covered with fiery red leaves, there runs into the River Douro, from the south, a (...)
Telephone: +351 279 768 260/1
Fax: +351 279 768 270
E-mail: museu@arte-coa.pt
Website: http://www.arte-coa.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu de Arte Contemporânea de SerralvesThe multidisciplinary perspective of the architectural design was the work of architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Hence, in addition to the 4,500m2 of exhibition area with its emphasis on scale, proportion and light, the remaining 8,200m2 feature an (...)
Telephone: +351 22 615 65 00
Fax: +351 22 615 65 33
E-mail: serralves@serralves.pt
Website: http://www.serralves.pt
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ArchaeologyRuínas de ConímbrigaThe former Roman city of Conímbriga is one of the richest archaeological sites in Portugal.ConÍmbriga, one of the richest archaeological sites in Portugal, was originally a Celtic castro of the Conii tribe in the late Iron Age. After 139 BC it was (...)
