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Monuments in Penamacor
Ponte Medieval da Ribeira de Meimoa e Nicho do Senhor dos Aflitos
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Rua da Estrada Municipal - EM570
6090-384, Penamacor
A ramped deck bridge with nine full arches of varying diameters, six cutwaters, simple railings, and a granite paved floor. It is believed to have been built between the 14th and 16th centuries, based on the structure of a Roman bridge.
Igreja Matriz de Pedrógão de São Pedro / Igreja de São Pedro
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Rua de Santo António, 4
6090-436, Penamacor
A Mannerist and Baroque church with a longitudinal plan consisting of a nave, a narrower and lower chancel, an attached sacristy, and a freestanding bell tower. It was built in the 17th century and extensively altered in subsequent centuries. It is possibly one of the oldest monuments in Penamacor. The late-Baroque altarpieces are notable.
Conjunto na Localidade da Senhora da Póvoa
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Avenida da Igreja
6090-711, Penamacor
A group of two-story residential buildings, with the ground floor serving as a storage area and the first floor as housing. These are typical Beira houses, built between the 16th and 17th centuries.
Castelo de Penamacor e Torre de Vigia
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Largo de Santa Maria
6090-516, Penamacor
All that remains of this castle are the watchtower, the clock tower (which appears to have been a keep), some sections of the walls, ruins of bastions, and the town gate beneath the former Domus Municipalis. The town of Penamacor is part of a region once inhabited by Romans, Goths, and Arabs, and received its first charter in 1209, granted by Dom Sancho I.
Cruzeiro dos Centenários em Benquerença
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Rua do Cruzeiro - EM570
6090-339, Penamacor
Centennial celebration cruise, built in 1959. Consists of a quadrangular platform, a false obelisk and, on top, a Latin cross and a Portuguese shield.
Cruzeiro dos Centenários em Vale da Senhora da Póvoa
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Rua Direita
6090-725, Penamacor
Centennial celebration cruise, built in 1940. It consists of a square plan, a box on top and plinth, the armillary sphere and the cross of Christ.
Cruzeiro em Aldeia do Bispo
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EN332
6090-160, Aldeia de João Pires
Century cruise consists of a square platform with two steps, a cylindrical plinth, a column, a capital and, to top it off, a Latin cross.
Igreja Matriz de Aranhas / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha
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Largo da Igreja, 2
6090-253, Penamacor
Baroque church of longitudinal plant simple, with a nave, a chancel narrower and adossados, a sacristy, a Bell Tower and several annexes, with distinct coverings on false barrel-vaults down. It was probably built in the second half of the 18th century, on the site of a previous Temple existed, not left, however, traces of this early construction.
Igreja Matriz de Penamacor / Igreja de São Tiago
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Rua 25 de Abril, 106
6090-523, Penamacor
Mannerist and neo-classical Church, composed of a longitudinal plan with three naves of four bays, a chancel narrower, a sacristy and an attachment adossados and, on the facade, a Bell Tower. In the interior, especially the pulpit and 18th century altarpieces.
Igreja Matriz de Salvador / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira
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Largo Reverendo Padre António Pinto da Silva
6090-623, Penamacor
Late-Baroque parish church composed of a longitudinal plan with a single nave, a chancel and a vestry located near closer, with homogeneous coverage in gable roof. It was built in the 17th century, suffering renovations in the 19th century and in the 20th century.