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MonumentsAqueduto dos Pegões AltosAround 6-km long and constituted by 180 arches, the Aqueduct of Pegões was one of the main public works built in the 17th century in Portugal. This monumental work was designed by the distinguished architect Filipe Terzi, in order to supply water to (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora do Monte AltoNossa Senhora do Monte Alto is a carmelite sanctuary. The access to the Sanctuary - Ladeira - is marked by various chapels of ethnographic importance. The sanctuary was commissioned in 1521 by Francisco Pires of Arganil. The present building was (...)
Telephone: 23522455
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MonumentsSantuário de Santa Marta das Cortiças ou do AltoSanctuary of Santa Marta das Cortiças or do Alto The cult of the Saint in the chapel of Cortiças dates back many centuries, perhaps to the early beginnings of Christianity. Documents in 900 and 924 refer to Mount of Santa Marta. The arch of the (...)
Telephone: +351 253 684 896
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MonumentsAqueduto da PrataThe aqueduct of ÉVora is a renaissance construction, measuring a total of 18 km. The most imposing part with square turrets and cupolas at intervals, lies between Sao Bento and the city. Designed by Francisco de Arruda in the sixteenth century. It (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nosssa Senhora das PrecesSanctuary of Nossa Senhora das PrecesThis Carmelite sanctuary was established after the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Alto do Colcurinho in the sixteenth century. A chapel of Nossa Senhora das Necessidades was built on the site. Problems of (...)
Telephone: 23857188
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MonumentsMosteiro de ErmeloO enquadramento paisagístico, no fundo de uma encosta povoada de densos laranjais nas margens do rio Lima justifica só por si a visita.Apesar da sua integração na Ordem de Cister, a vida deste mosteiro foi atribulada e curta. Na visita que realizou (...)
Telephone: +351 258 521 565
Fax: +351 258 521 228
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MonumentsCastelo de Melgaço - Núcleo Museológico da Torre de MenagemUpon a cliff overlooking the Town, you’ll find this ancient fortress, a witness for the first moments of the Portuguese sovereignty. Built by order of King Afonso Henriques during the 12th and 13th centuries, the only vestiges of the ancient castle (...)
Telephone: +351 251 410 191
E-mail: nucleomuseologico@cm-melgaco.pt
