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Monuments in Amares

Ponte do Porto/ Ponte de Prozelo

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Rua da Ponte do Porto
4720-612, Prozelo

Amares

Bridge over the Cávado river with a length of 150 meters. It dates from the 14th century and stands out for the irregular dimensions and shapes of the various buttress arches that make it up.

Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Abadia

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Rua de Nossa Senhora da Abadia
4720-643, Amares

Amares

Sanctuary composed of via cross chapels, support buildings for pilgrims, fountains, cross and church. The Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Abadia already has a long tradition, being considered by many to be the oldest Marian Sanctuary in Portugal, dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries. Surrounding it is a stunning nature.

Mosteiro de Santo André de Rendufe / Mosteiro de Rendufe

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Avenida do Mosteiro
4720-626, Mosteiro

Amares

Baroque Benedictine monastery renovated in the 16th and 18th centuries. It has a church, rebuilt in the 18th century, with a symmetrical facade and two bell towers. The barrel-vaulted roof and the gilded altarpiece are worth highlighting. Also, worth mentioning, although it is in ruins, is the cloister area, made up of nine-bay galleries, with Tuscan granite columns, a decorative fountain in the center made of carved stone and several flowerbeds.

Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Bouro

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Largo do Terreiro
4720-633, Terreiro

Amares

Although the conventual part is in ruins, the church, rebuilt in the 18th century, presents a harmonious façade dominated by five sculptures representing the four evangelists and Saint Louis. Inside, the gilded altarpiece and the Joanine sacristy stand out with paneled and painted ceilings, and walls covered in historic tiles. The cloister is made up of seven sections of arcades with Tuscan columns. It is currently adapted as a guesthouse.

Ponte de Rodas

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Rua da Ponte de Rodas
4720-243, Caldelas

Amares

Bridge with a flat profile deck over three unequal arches with narrow, long voussoirs with an irregular top. It has two buttresses with a triangular cutwater and a rectangular cutwater and outline in granite stonework.

Ruínas da Torre e Honra de Vasconcelos / Casa dos Mouros

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Rua de Santa Luzia
4720-093, Ferreiros

Amares

Set consisting of a tower to which a residential annex was later attached. The tower is a quadrangular building. The ruin also has the ground floor and part of the first floor. The original access door has a perfect round arch. The annex has a wide door that has pointed arches on both sides. It had at least two floors.

Casa da Tapada

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Avenida Sá de Miranda, 150
4720-464, São Miguel de Fiscal

Amares

Manor house built in the late 15TH century and subsequently modified and expanded during the 17th and 18th centuries. Has three terraces supported by walls and ornamented by staircases and sources. This House was the residence of poet Sá de Miranda.

Capela de Santo Ovídio

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Rua de Santo Ovídio
4720-554, Caldelas

Amares

Chapel built in 1739 by José Alves de Azevedo, Chief of the mines of the Rio das Mortes, in Brazil. Is covered by a dome and retains a Johannine altarpiece. Has a picnic Park.

Capela do Senhor da Saúde

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Avenida Afonso Manuel Pereira de Azevedo - EN308
4720-249, Caldelas

Amares

Chapel of simple rectangular plan with nave.

Mesários da Confraria da Nossa Senhora da Abadia

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Largo de Nossa Senhora da Abadia
4720-643, Bouro (Santa Maria)

Amares

Monument in homage to the Bureau members of the confraternity of our Lady of the Abbey.

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