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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora do CasteloThe Sanctuary is linked to the battles of the Christian Reconquest fought in the name of the Virgin Mary. Churches founded during this period - usually called mother-churches or parish churches - were normally dedicated to the Virgin. The sanctuary (...)
Telephone: +351 243 626 15
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora do FetalSanctuary of Nossa Senhora do FetalAccording to legend various prodigious and miraculous events occurred here during the seventeenth century. After the apparition of the Virgin to a shepherd a chapel was built. The sixteenth century building has (...)
Telephone: +351 244 705 421
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Quitéria de MecaJust a few kilometres from Alenquer, the basilica was built by the fraternity of Santa Quitéria de Meca, in the mid-18th century, under the royal protection of Dona Maria I.Santa Quitéria is a perfect model and example of neoclassical architecture (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora do NasoSanctuary of Nossa Senhora do NasoThe sanctuary is known as the "Queen of the Mirandeses". According to legends concerning the origins of this cult, soldiers of the Reconquest during the period of Asturia-Leon, already worshipped the Virgin Mary in (...)
Telephone: +351 273 424 25
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria MadalenaConsidered to be the largest church on the island of Pico, the Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena was built in the 17th century, although it now displays a 19th-century façade decorated in the revivalist style of that period. It is worth going inside to (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora dos RemédiosThis carmelite sanctuary is a small chapel built upon a hill overlooking the river Tua.The set of buildings includes Casa dos Milagres, which is open solely during the festivals of Our Lady of the Remedies which takes place on the first Sunday in (...)
Telephone: +351 273 692 00
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da PiedadeSanctuary of Nossa Senhora da PiedadeNossa Senhora da Piedade is the patron saint of the municipality of Odemira, who enjoys major popular devotion in the region. The annual pilgrimage is held on September 7 and 8 and is one of the most important (...)
Telephone: 28322123
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MonumentsErmida de Nossa Senhora de Aracelis - Castro VerdeHermitage of Nossa Senhora de Aracelis - Castro VerdeThis hermitage is curiously shared between two neighbouring locations: the hermitage itself pertains to the municipality of Castro Verde whereas the churchyard is located in the municipality of (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da PiedadeSanctuary of Nossa Senhora da PiedadeCarmelite Sanctuary which includes a set of monuments featuring images of the Way of the Cross, sculpted in large dimensions along the route leading to the church. The sanctuary includes a golden engraved altar, (...)
Telephone: 259686123
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de PenicheThis church dating from the beginning of the 17th century belongs to the charitable institution known as Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Peniche.Annexed to the former hospital of this institution, the inside of the church boasts an exceptionally (...)
