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Jardim Serpa Pinto
- country
- leisure
Rua Doutor Flávio Resende
4690, Cinfães
A garden located near the Cinfães Parish Church, where you can see the bust of African explorer Serpa Pinto. This pleasant space offers plenty of shade, a few fountains, and garden benches.
Gruta de Nossa Senhora de Lurdes
- country
Nespereira
4690, Nespereira
Located near the Church of Santa Marinha, this grotto was inaugurated in 1896 and is a small replica of the grotto found in Massabielle, France. Set in a wooded area with almost wild vegetation, it features stone benches and tables.
Serra de Montemuro
- country
Serra de Montemuro
4690, Alhões
It lies between the Douro River to the north and the Paiva River to the south, bordering the city of Lamego. The highest point of the mountain range is called Montemuro, at 1,381 meters above sea level. The entire mountain range is quite steep and steep on practically all sides. The mountain range is populated up to approximately 1,100 meters above sea level, with villages scattered throughout, but almost always near watercourses. The Varosa River (which separates it from the Leomil Mountains) and the Balsemão River originate in this range. The Paiva River separates it from the Arada Mountains. It …
Ponte da Balsa
- heritage
Fundo de Vila
4690-351, Nespereira
An old stone arch bridge, next to which a small wooden bridge was recently built. Located in a completely restored and pleasant river area, the space has served as a setting for cultural and leisure activities.
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.