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Moinho das Travessas
- heritage
Granja
4690-758, Granja
A picturesque, still-functioning wheel mill located on the Granja stream. It is located in the leisure and picnic park built by the Tendais Parish Defense and Promotion Association.
Igreja de Santa Maria Maior de Tarouquela
- heritage
CM1011, 36
4690-714, Tarouquela
A Romanesque temple founded by the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, it is the only example of a monastic church in the present-day municipality of Cinfães. The façade features a portal with three archivolts and capitals decorated with zoomorphic motifs and a decorated tympanum. On the south façade, there are two portals with Romanesque motifs. Inside, the highlight is the number of tombs with arches, as well as the decorative motifs on the arches, capitals, girdles, and corbels. Nothing remains of the monastic building, although the main body of the church preserves the structure begun in the 12th century. Inside, …
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Natividade de Escamarão
- heritage
Largo Artur Soares de Almeida
4690-632, Souselo
This Romanesque-Gothic temple features carved stonework on the portals, triumphal arch, and the transept's light recess. The side altars of the triumphal arch feature 15th- and 16th-century Mudejar tiles and remains of frescoes. It is a volumetric and stylistic example that may help reconstruct the structure of the Church of São Cristóvão de Nogueira, with which it shares similar decoration at the level of the axial portal. Noteworthy is the large window on the east-facing elevation, with a broken, semi-detached arch and similar decoration to the portico.
Igreja de São Cristovão de Nogueira
- heritage
Avenida Doutor Reinaldo Florido Calheiros
4690-540, São Cristóvão de Nogueira
Deeply altered in the Modern Age, the Church of São Cristóvão, in the former municipality of Nogueira, is structurally a medieval, late Romanesque building, from which the axial portal and, on the sides, corbels, cornices, and frieze sections survive. Inside, the work of the main altarpiece and collateral altarpieces is notable, although most of this integrated heritage has been profoundly altered by recent interventions.
Museu Serpa Pinto
- heritage
Rua Doutor Flávio Resende, 34
4690-038, Cinfães
This culturally dynamic space was formerly the GNR Barracks. It consists of three rooms: one displays crafts, another displays the municipality's archaeological collection, as well as some of the most important collections of Cinfães explorer Serpa Pinto, and the third is dedicated to temporary exhibitions.
Casa da Cultura de Cinfães
- art
Quinta dos Passais
4690-880, Cinfães
This renovated building, where various types of events are held, was formerly called Casa da Ribeira or the former Casa dos Magistrados.
Núcleo do Azeite - Lagares de Proença-a-Velha
- heritage
Rua da Igreja, 4
6060-069, Idanha-a-Nova
An old village in Beira that has been restored to create a space dedicated to the history of olive oil. Here you can see a water-powered mill, an animal-powered mill, and a mechanical mill.
Piscina Natural de Penha Garcia
- leisure
Penha Garcia
6060, Idanha-a-Nova
A natural pool surrounded by beautiful scenery, featuring a small waterfall. It offers beautiful panoramic views of the surrounding mountains.
Barragem de Idanha / Barragem Marechal Carmona
- beach
- country
Idanha-a-Nova
6060, Idanha-a-Nova
Gravity dam located on the Pônsul River in the Tagus River Basin, near a narrow granite gorge above the Idanha-a-Nova Campinas. The most common fish species are largemouth bass, barbel, boga, carp, and bordalo.
Lago Artificial de Idanha-a-Nova
- beach
- country
Idanha-a-Nova
6060, Idanha-a-Nova
A small artificial lake, surrounded by pleasant green areas.