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MonumentsErmida de Nossa Senhora dos AnjosHermitage of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos This was possibly the first church to be built in the Azores, in the 15th century, and was subject to alterations in the 17th century.As far as we know, Christopher Columbus's crew prayed in the Hermitage when (...)
Telephone: +351 296 884 167
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MonumentsErmida de Nossa Senhora do Vale
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsErmida de São BrásThe Chapel of São Brás, located outside the walls of Évora, was ordered built by D. João II in 1480, at the site of a small leprosarium where plague victims were treated. Thus, the people of Évora, the crown and the executor of the work, D. Garcia (...)
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MonumentsErmida de São João Baptista - LagosHermitage of São João Baptista - LagosThe hermitage of São João Baptista has mediaeval origins and probably dates back to the 12th century. It was very popular amongst believers at the end of the 15th century.The hermitage was rebuilt in the 18th (...)
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MonumentsErmida de São PedroThe Ermida de São Pedro in Lajes do Pico is a simple monument, but one which has a special place in the history of the island of Pico, for it was the first chapel to be built by the settlers who arrived there in around 1460.
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MonumentsErmida de São Sebastião - Caldas da RainhaThis chapel, which has been classified as a Building of Public Interest, was built in the first years of the town's life, being intended for the use of the rural population who were gradually moving into Caldas.It was remodelled in the early 18th (...)
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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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CampingErmida Gerês Camping
Telephone: +351 96 984 66 86
E-mail: ermidagerescamping@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.ermidagerescamping.com
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OtherErnesto Korrodi (1870-1944)Ernesto Korrodi, Swiss by birth, came to live in Leiria aged 24 when he took up a post as design teacher at the Leiria Industrial Design School. He was to marry Quitéria da Conceição Maia in an unusual ceremony given that Korrodi was a Protestant. (...)
