Belmonte

Igreja de Santiago / Panteão dos Cabrais

Belmonte

This temple has a foundation previous to Dom Dinis Kingdom where the suspended vault stands out, as well as the flaming Gothic arch, the pulpit and some frescoes. On the Cabrais chapel, a familiar pantheon, there are several examples from …

Igreja Matriz de Caria / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição

Belmonte

This is a mannerist and baroque church dated from the 16th century. It is composed by a longitudinal plan with three naves in four ranks and a narrower main chapel. On the inside it is worth to mention two graves …

Ecomuseu do Zêzere

Belmonte

Museum also known as the "Granary of the Cabrais", for meeting in an 18th-century building where the family rents were stored Cabral. Here you can study the course of the River Zêzere, from its source to its mouth.

Sinagoga Bet Eliahu

Belmonte

Fica na zona da antiga Judiaria, na Rua Fonte da Rosa, e é muito procurada por judeus, que ali realizam as suas orações, e curiosos de outras religiões, que procuram saber mais sobre a comunidade judaica. Inaugurada em 1996, a …

Museu do Azeite

Belmonte

Old olive oil mill, built in the late 19th and early 20th century. After ending, was recovered in order to teach visitors the process of olive oil production, as well as their importance in the local economy. Develops in three …

Antiga Casa da Câmara de Belmonte

Belmonte

Late-medieval building consisting of two wings and a tower. It was built in the late 15TH century, suffering after renovation works in 1854 and in 1896. Presents a simple rectangular plan, with two floors, with the clock tower.

Antiga Judiaria

Belmonte

The presence of Jews in Belmonte has been constant since the middle ages, although the forced conversion in 1496 have been born a crypto-Judaism which contributed to the dispersion of the Jewish community. It is believed that the ancient Jewish …

Casa dos Condes / Solar dos Cabrais

Belmonte

Mannerist building with three floors, the presenting features of mannerist architecture. It was probably built in the 18th century or 19th century, having already belonged to Cabral family and Earls of Belmonte.

Convento de Nossa Senhora da Boa Esperança

Belmonte

Convent founded in 1563, intended for the friars of the third order Regular of St. Francis or the Friars Minor of St. Francis of Covilhã. In 1834 the convent was disbanded and later, in 2001, the space was transformed into …