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Monuments in Lousã
Casa dos Salazares / Casa da Viscondessa do Espinhal / Palácio dos Viscondes do Espinhal
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Rua Viscondessa do Espinhal
3200-257, Lousã
An 18th- and 19th-century building with neoclassical decor. The central section, raised by an additional floor, is topped by a coat of arms and crowned by pinnacles. It currently houses a hotel.
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
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Cabo do Soito
3200, Lousã
Sanctuary composed of four chapels: Chapel of Saint John (15th century), Chapel of Our Lord of Agony (19th century), Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy (probably 17th century), and Chapel of Our Lord of the Afflicted. These chapels were built one at a time, between the 15th and 19th centuries. Their interiors preserve sculptures, such as the painted limestone one of Saint John the Evangelist and the one of Our Lady of Mercy, the latter of which is often brought out on procession days.
Castelo da Lousã / Castelo de Arouce
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EM580
3200, Lousã
Castle located near the village of Lousã, in a mountainous landscape. It consists of a keep, punctuated by arrow slits, a small irregular fence, and a few turrets. Its entrance is flanked by two turrets, and three more are distributed along the walls. The entire castle is made of Silurian schist, a local rock, except for the garrison at the keep's door, which is made of white sandstone. During the Reconquista, this castle became a strategic point, halting Moorish incursions from the Zêzere valley.
Igreja Paroquial de Vilarinho
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Rua da Sé - EN342
3200, Vilarinho
This church is remarkable for its reddish stonework in red sand from Alveite, for the altar in baroque style and for the images from the XV and XVIII centuries.
Edifício da Câmara Municipal da Lousã / Paços do Concelho da Lousã
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Rua Doutor João Santos
3200, Lousã
Building revival of sober lines, completed in 1934. Has a quadrangular plant, throughout the three floors, with facades circumscribed by apilastrados corners of giant order, crowned by urns, and topped off at frieze and cornice.
Casa Maria de Leça
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Vale Escuro
3200, Foz de Arouce
The House that has the particularity to have spread by tiles with verses inscribed.
Ponte da EN236
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EN236
3200, Lousã
Old bridge, built in stone. It is surrounded by vegetation.
Fonte Art
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Talasnal - Serra da Lousã
3200, Lousã
All source built in schist, dated 1944 and located in the village Talasnal schist village's preserved.
Ponte da EN236
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EN236
3200, Lousã
Old bridge, built in stone. It is surrounded by vegetation.
Lavadouro de Vilarinho
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Rua do Passal
3200, Vilarinho
Space dating back to 1954, where formerly the washerwomen wash the clothes. Nowadays it is mostly used as a watering hole for animals.