Barcelos

Museu Arqueológico de Barcelos / Paço dos Condes de Barcelos

Barcelos

The Archaeology Museum was created in 1920 and exhibits granite elements that range from pre-history to the late Modern Age, including a menhir, medieval coffins, romanesque church architectural elements and others.

Igreja de Santa Maria de Abade de Neiva

Barcelos

This is a Romanic rural church but it has the doors and main chapel window already in Gothic style. It was founded in 1152 by Queen D. Mafalda. From the Romanic period it only maintains traces, namely the corbels and …

Solar dos Pinheiros

Barcelos

This fourteen hundreds building has Pedro Esteves signature, listener from the family Casa de Bragança. It is composed by a central volume and two rectangular towers. It possesses an extensive façade sided by two towers and ogival windows, attached and …

Ponte Medieval de Barcelos

Barcelos

The bridge is a gothic construction with a keep and three small towers. It links Barcelos and Barcelinhos. Its existence is referred in several documents from the 14th century. It was reconstructed in the 15th century by orders of D. …

Torre da Porta Nova

Barcelos

This square tower made with thick granite blocks (reaching two metres) was founded in the XV century by the 8th Count of Barcelos. The finishing is from the Renaissance period with cornice, gutter and merlons.

Castelo de Faria (vestígios)

Barcelos

Castle where you can find traces from the Bronze end to the late Roman era. Considered one of the most important and powerful fortresses of medieval times, consists of three lines of walls (probably from the iron age) surrounding the …

Igreja e Mosteiro de Vilar de Frades

Barcelos

The church with characteristics from the fifteen hundreds has on its entrance a porch with a low arch supported by two columns. On the inside it stands out the remarkable nave vaulted coverage, with crossed ribs and the glazed tiles …

Museu de Olaria

Barcelos

Created in 1963 in result of the valuable donation of a collection by Joaquim Sellés Paes de Villas Boas, it was first named Regional Ceramics Museum and later Portuguese Popular Ceramics Museum. Later still, it became the Pottery Museum. It …

Igreja Matriz de Barcelos

Barcelos

This is a transition temple presenting some influences of both styles, Romanic and Gothic with several transformations that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries. The doorway has four archivolts with eight small columns settled in capitals and the …