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CEIA - Centro de Educação e Interpretação Ambiental
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Lugar de Chã de Lamas
4940-710, Vascões
The Center for Environmental Education and Interpretation promotes activities that provide participants with contact with the natural values of the Chifre Protected Landscape. All the senses are put to the test, from smell to taste. The main building comprises a reception area, exhibition hall, workshop, auditorium with a capacity of 40 people, laboratory, documentation center, and technical office. It also has a reception center with male and female dormitories, with a capacity of 40 people, as well as a canteen and dining room.
Praia Fluvial do Taboão
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Praia Fluvial do Taboão
4940, Formariz
This is one of the landmarks of the municipality of Paredes de Coura. A calm and bucolic place, with excellent fresh water from the Coura River, although it is cold. It has a sports field and a café-restaurant. During the summer, with the Paredes de Coura Festival, the beach is full of rock music lovers.
Via Romana de Braga a Tui
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Antas
4940-682, Rubiães
A road composed of 14 milestones dating from the 1st century BC / 4th century AD. Only some milestones have inscriptions, with others serving as supports. As an example, there is the chapel next to the Solar das Antas, where two milestones support the porch. Flanking the entrance and in the churchyard there are four more milestones.
Casa Grande de Romarigães
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Moldes
4940-659, Romarigães
The set consists of the main house, outbuildings used for rural purposes, and the Amparo chapel. This noble, 19th-century house is preceded by a large armorial portal. The Amparo chapel has a profusely ornamented facade with niches containing images, gargoyles, volutes, pediments, and an oculus. The house was made famous by Aquilo Ribeiro's novel, "A casa grande de Romarigães" (The Great House of Romarigães).
Ponte de Coura
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EN301
4940-011, Coura
Medieval bridge located on the banks of the Coura River. It consists of a single, perfectly arched structure. At the entrance to the bridge there are wayside shrines and a cross with a porch. It was remodeled in the Modern Age.
Povoado Fortificado de Cossourado
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Cossourado
4940-133, Cossourado
A fortified Iron Age settlement, called a castro, located in a place with good visibility and defensive conditions. These are residential, service, and defensive structures built by societies with agro-pastoral characteristics, but also economically dependent on the exploitation of natural resources. It consists of two defensive lines surrounding the inhabited area and a third, just to the west, with a less steep slope.
Núcleo de Marcos Miliários de Antas
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Antas
4940-682, Rubiães
This is just one of the 14 milestone markers that exist in the municipality of Paredes de Coura. They are located on the road that led to Braga, then called Bracara Augusta. Only 5 of the markers show the number of miles, because, while initially used to measure distances, they later served to record the honorary titles of various emperors, their affiliations, and public offices, thus explaining the appearance of several milestones in the same location.
Igreja Românica de Rubiães
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EN201
4940-686, Rubiães
The most notable feature of the original Romanesque church is the portico with three archivolts, whose arches rest on columns with capitals ornamented with zoomorphic motifs. The central columns are formed by well-sculpted human figures.
Paisagem Protegida do Corno do Bico
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Corno do Bico
4940, Favais - Moselos
This is a small natural sanctuary in the municipality. A space of rare beauty that has undergone some renovation work, without, however, endangering the species that live here. And there are many, both animals and plants. Wolves, roe deer, golden eagles, otters, etc. still inhabit this area.
Eira Comunitária e Moinhos de Porreiras
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Porreiras
4940, Porreiras
A group of eight granaries has become a true postcard image for visitors to Paredes de Coura. Anyone passing by can't help but take a picture of this threshing floor, so perfectly integrated into the greenery and rural architecture of the region. It is located seven kilometers from Paredes de Coura.