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Monuments in Pinhel

Convento de Santo António / Convento dos Frades

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Rua Josefete de Figueiredo
6400-400, Pinhel

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Imposing religious monument, belonging to the convent of order of St. Francis (via dos capuchos). It consists of nave, chancel and Bell Tower. The interior conserves an important booty embodying: three Corbels with Christ crucified, flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, the gilded and polychrome altarpieces, the side chapels and the chapel interior.

Torre do Relógio de Pinhel

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Rua Torre do Relógio - Bairro do Castelo
6400-459, Pinhel

Pinhel

The clock tower square, with four two-story facades. Access to the clock which features on the façade and the Bell is made by a stairway.

Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo

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Largo de Santa Maria, 14
6400-410, Pinhel

Pinhel

This is a religious monument composed by a nave divided in three ranks, main chapel, lateral chapels, sacristy and campanile tower. The main façade is composed by a round arch on the doorway and by a circular window sided by a campanile in which the superior one has a double bell ringer. There is, on this façade, one window with a view to the Via Sacra. On the inside stands out the baptistery where it is the baptismal font, the Mannerist niche, the painted panels on the main chapel and the altarpiece and the Christ the Redeemer on the Sacrarium …

Núcleo de Arte Rupestre da Faia

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Cidadelhe
6400-191, Cidadelhe

Pinhel

A nucleus composed of figures engraved in granite representing two opposed bovids and a sequence of four cattle heads pointed toward the ground, and that are associated to the schematic paintings of prehistory. Certain traits add painted details not recorded, admitting the possibility of some of the elements being Paleolithic. Is a UNESCO World Heritage site (1998) and National Monument by IGESPAR, integrating the Archaeological Park of the Coa Valley.

Antigo Paço Episcopal / Casa da Cultura

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Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra - Parada Coronel Lima da Veiga
6400-348, Pinhel

Pinhel

Residential architecture of Baroque style, Pombal and Classicist morphology, with significant elements, characteristic of the stately Baroque architecture. Ahead is a monument dedicated to the dead of the great war and a fountain. The building has the shape of a square and surrounds a courtyard. The painted ceiling represents the image of the Virgin with child and St. John the Baptist. Today, is the headquarters building municipal company Hawk and hosts cultural and recreational activities throughout the year.

Castelo de Pinhel

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Rua do Castelo, 4
6400-340, Pinhel

Pinhel

This castle was previously a fortification lusitana, having been, however, the Romans did grow militarily. In the reign of King Dinis were carried out works of fortification and expansion, being erected six towers and building walls around the village. After losing their defensive function the Castle fell into decline. Currently there are only a few pieces of walls, some doors and two towers. It is assumed that this place existed a castro built by the lusitanians, vettones or turduli, refugees there. Later it was also occupied by Romans. It was during the reign of d. Afonso Henriques who effected the …

Pelourinho de Pinhel

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Praça Sacadura Cabral
6400-444, Pinhel

Pinhel

Pillory with an octave shaft with decorative traces in its superior part. It is topped by a circular capital that sustains an orb.

Igreja Matriz de Azêvo / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Purificação

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Largo da Igreja
6400-141, Azevo

Pinhel

Religious type architecture consisting of: nave, chancel, vestry and Bell Tower. The façade, in granite, is preceded by staircase which ends at wooden door, on top by a rectangular window. At the top you can see the Latin cross and, next, the Bell duo Tower. The interior retains the wooden floors, the tiles on the walls and the altarpieces of carved and gilded white, one dedicated to the image of the Virgin and the other to the Senhor dos Passos.

Igreja Matriz de Cidadelhe / Igreja de Santo Amaro

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Cidadelhe
6400-191, Cidadelhe

Pinhel

Religious architecture consisting of: nave, chancel and vestry. The main façade, of simple traits, is white-washed, has granite trim and a circular window. Inside the ship liners and the chancel; the first, painted with busts of Saints and the seconds with flowers, the Sun and the moon. Altarpiece-mor in gilt national style.

Igreja Matriz de Pinhel / Mosteiro de São Luís

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Praça Sacadura Cabral
6400-444, Pinhel

Pinhel

This church is also known as São Luís Church, together with the monastery it was founded in 1596 by Luís de Figueiredo Falcão and used to belong to the Clarisse orders. It has some elements from the sixteen hundreds and from the eighteen hundreds. From the first period, it stands out the only nave, the ceiling and the main chapel coverage; from the second period stands out the doorway, the windows and the main elevation.

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