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Atalaia da Cabeça Magra
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7860-354, Moura
Also known simply as Atalaia Magra, it is a semi-ruined round watchtower, associated with the defense system centered on the castle of Moura and in visual connection with the watchtowers of Porto Mourão, Coutada and Alvarinho.
Conjunto Urbano da Mouraria de Moura
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Largo da Mouraria
7860, Moura
Housing set associated with the Moorish period, which preserves a good urban unit. It is made up of four large streets and a square with archaeological remains, where the Arab Museum is located. Constructions in mud, with reed roofs and Moorish tiles, whitewashed with white lime, highlighting the cylindrical chimneys with a conical dome.
Fontes Medievais de Flor da Rosa / Fonte Branca
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Rua de São Bento
7430, Flor da Rosa
Medieval fountain that belongs to the Flor da Rosa Convent, with a quadrangular tank, stairs and granite frame.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso
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Rua 5 de Outubro, 33-35
7430-137, Crato
Small chapel that is part of a building. It does not have a door to the outside as it was built to be a prison chapel. The facade has a large window with granite jambs and a central column, right lintel and interrupted pediment, decorated with volutes and shells. Of note is the altar entirely built in marble and the image of the Lady of Bom Sucesso located inside the aedicule, in a round arch, on a pedestal.
Antigo Convento de Santo António
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Rua do Convento
7430-152, Crato
Franciscan convent founded in 1603 by Leonardo de Campos and follows the typology of this type of convent. For this reason and the interior treasures it contains, it is given great heritage value. Inside, the tiles with a 17th century pattern stand out, as well as the altarpieces and tombstones from the end of the 18th century. It currently operates as a mercy hospital and pharmacy.
Varanda do Grão-Prior
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Praça do Município, 7
7430-130, Crato
Dating back to the 16th century, this is what remains of the Grão Prior do Crato Palace. It is composed of a roof resting on three round arches with columns and two thick pillars on the corners. Of note is the curtain decorated with rose windows and slit openings and two side arches, based on corbels that allow passage under the balcony.
Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Conceição
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Largo da Igreja
7430, Crato
Temple built in the 13th century, it was completely rebuilt in the 15th century and remodeled in the 16th and 17th centuries. The facade, flanked by a bell tower, consists of a portico with a pediment surmounted by the Maltese Cross. Noteworthy are the 18th century tiles, the 17th century carvings, the 15th and 16th century statuary and the 16th century decoration on the exterior of the main chapel.
Museu Municipal do Crato
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Rua dos Cavaleiros da Ordem Soberana e Militar de Malta
7430-130, Crato
Museum installed in a house from the Baroque era, duly adapted and restored, with the purpose of making the history of this municipality known to the public from its beginnings to the middle of the 20th century.
Igreja de Flor da Rosa / Convento de Flor da Rosa
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Rua do Mosteiro, 10
7430-211, Flor da Rosa
Founded in 1356, the building has high, crenellated walls made of dressed granite. The original design retains some towers with pointed doors and windows, sharp arched openings and columns. The church has a single nave, with the crossing arch of unusual dimensions. Note that the classification includes the tomb of Sir Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira. This complex construction is made up of 3 distinct buildings. The Gothic castellated Palace, expanded in the 15th century, giving it a Renaissance and Mudéjar design; the Gothic and Manueline fortress-church, with a single nave of great height and a wide transept and shallow transept; the …
Castelo do Crato (vestígios) / Castelo da Azinheira
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Largo do Castelo, 1
7430-127, Crato
Four-pointed bastioned fortress with medieval-type walls and a redan. The ruins of the medieval fortification are visible in the central area, isolated walls or with structures attached to them for the construction of artillery platforms. As examples of ruins of modern fortification, there are four redan with a guardhouse and traces of chimneys and niches. The fort's door mantains the portcullises of the drawbridge, and there is a cistern right in the center of the fortification. Some sections of the wall and from the barbican are monumentally beautiful. The first fortress dates back to the reign of King Afonso Henriques, …