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Cava de Viriato

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  • leisure

Avenida da Bélgica, 5
3500, Viseu

Viseu

This garden, located near Feira de S. Mateus square, has an octagonal shape and is surrounded by walls and a protective moat. It used to be a military camp built by the Romans. It has been, since the 16th century, unduly associated with the Lusitanian warrior Viriato. In the 20th century, a monument was even erected in the garden in his honor. With 32 hectares, it is the largest monument of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula.

Painel de Azulejos do Rossio

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Praça da República
3500-105, Viseu

Viseu

This tiles panel pictures typical region's clothes, characters and scenes of the traditional daily life, as well as 5 representations of a castle's tower. The inferior part of the panel has a frieze that pictures two feathers repeatedly. Several figures surrounded by frames decorated with flower motives stand out.

Solar do Vinho do Dão

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Rua Aristides Sousa Mendes
3500, Gumirães

Viseu

This typical manor houses the Dão Regional Wine Commission. The building was restored faithfully to the original exterior design and the decoration is modern and bold. There is a chapel adjacent to the building that does not have a regular liturgical function, but serves as the space's visiting room.

Catedral de Santa Maria de Viseu / Sé de Viseu

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Adro da Sé
3500-195, Viseu

Viseu

This Gothic building has undergone several modifications over time and, therefore, has Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, Mannerist, Renaissance, Baroque and modern features. On the main façade are visible images of Saint Mark, Saint Luke, Saint John, Saint Matthew, Saint Teotónio and Nossa Senhora da Assunção. Highlight for the choir stalls, the 18th century gilded carvings, the 16th and 18th century cloister and the tomb chapels.

Lapa do Repilau / Anta do Repilau

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Lobagueira
3510-604, Couto de Cima

Viseu

This megalithic monument, classified as a Property of Public Interest, consists of an enlarged polygonal chamber and a long corridor. It has no covering hat and has eight supports on each side.

Teatro Viriato

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Largo Mouzinho de Albuquerque - Apartado 2087
3500-160, Viseu

Viseu

In this theater, in operation since 1999, take place the main cultural events of the city, from music to theater, through dance and poetry. It also organizes workshops, ateliers, temporary exhibitions and gatherings. There is also the "Canto do Teatro", a space dedicated to the memory of the former Teatro Viriato (Theatro Boa União), which operated between 1883 and 1960.

Muralha e Portas Antigas da Cidade de Viseu

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Rua Silva Gaio
3500-203, Viseu

Viseu

It is a set of sections of the old 14th century wall, where some sections near the Porta do Soar de Cima and the Porta de Cavaleiros stand out, the only remaining ones of the seven primitive gates. These doors have profile arches pointed on the outside and lowered on the soffit and a niche with the image of the tutelary saint.

Museu de Grão Vasco

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Paço dos Três Escalões - Largo do Adro da Sé
3500-195, Viseu

Viseu

This museum, dating from 1916, began to function on the premises of the Cathedral, and only in 1938 it moved to the Paço dos Três Escalões. Of the many pieces on display, we highlight paintings by Grão Vasco, from the Cathedral, the Episcopal Palace of Fontelo and churches and convents in the Beira region, as well as paintings by different contemporary artists. Furniture, sculptures, jewellery, Portuguese faience, textiles, oriental and archeology porcelain are also on display.

Lagoa e Cascata do Troço

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  • country

Lagoa e Cascata do Troço
3515, Bodiosa-a-Velha

Viseu

This small lagoon, located on the river Troço, has a natural waterfall and offers a serene and wild landscape. On the banks of the river are visible ruins of old oil mills and mills.

Poldras de Barca

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Ribafeita
3515-825, Ribafeita

Viseu

These fillies over the river Vouga, located on the river beach of Barca, was formerly an important link between the municipality of São Pedro do Sul and the municipality of Viseu.

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