The chapel of Romaínho, built on a rocky outcrop at the entrance to the village, is dedicated to St. Joseph. It is a granite building, of rectangular plan, oriented Southeast\/Northwest, with a porch supported by columns. The main façade has a rectangular portal, with frame in relief, flanked by rectangular Windows, also with frame in relief. The lintel of the door contains inscriptions: "MARIA IOSEPH IESVS\/SAVE TIESVM LENEDITVM\/REGINAE ERVCTVM ... NOBIS POIoICEXI IVMOS ENDE ". The stretching of the gable has a Bell Tower, decorated with volutes, crowned with a Latin cross. Inside this Chapel stands the high altar in …

Pequena e pitoresca capela de planta retangular, alçados em cantaria de granito e alpendre aberto apoiado em quatro colunas de decoração dórica. A fachada principal é rasgada por portal em arco de volta perfeita e, do lado direito, por uma janela quadrangular. Na fachada lateral direita, orientado a leste, destaca-se um campanário, em forma de triângulo, rematado por uma cruz em pedra. No interior, destaca-se um retábulo em madeira pintado e dourado.

15th century monument built by Dom Afonso, Count of Barcelos. Large building, with four bodies that surround an interior courtyard with a rectangular plan. This construction occupied the place of the old palace of the Leonese kings. Much changed over the centuries, it was recently restored. Noteworthy are the Gothic chapel portal, the "lost steps" and the banquet hall. It has a museum where the four copies of Pastrana tapestries, which narrate some steps of the conquests in Africa, the core of Flemish tapestries, Portuguese furniture from the post-discovery period and also porcelain and weapons from the 15th to the …

16th-century temple with octagonal plant in main body, chancel and vestry. Is semicircundado by a porch. Highlight a Manueline portal and tile historian of the 18th century. The nave is surmounted by a balcony with shots at the vertices of the Octagon; the domed cover is topped by a weather vane with the cross. The door of the chapel of verga and door jambs with Manueline decoration rips in front of the high altar. The altar is surmounted by three niches, one with the image of Saint Gregory Nanzianzeno. In the chancel are the enxaquetados tiles and white beaded the …

A Romanesque monument, one of the oldest in Portugal. Of the Monastery, only the Church, the chapter house, and the pre-Manueline cloister remain after centuries of decay. The semi-warlike appearance of the convent church, with its crenellated side tower, thick walls, and the giant flanking its portal, gives it a religious and, at the same time, defensive function. Inside, the highlights are the depth and height of the nave, as well as the robustness of the granite vault of the chancel and the well-preserved tomb chests of noble knights. Also noteworthy is a vestige of a mural painting representing St. …

Located in the lush Forest of Buçaco, Inatel of Luso offers a relaxing environment with privileged contact with nature. Luso is a rustic Village linked to the monastery of 1981. Your projection dates back to the late 19th century, when imposed itself as a spa resort and tourism. The famous medicinal waters constitute, together with the Buçaco, one of the attractions of the area and an invitation to reflect, in a green paradise, where you can breathe fresh air at the top of his lungs and Rejuvenator. Stay at Luso is also to meet its people, discover a remarkable historical …

The old chapel of the confraternity of sailors and fishermen of Setúbal, in honor of Nossa Senhora do Livramento, integrates one of the darkest periods of the destruction of the city's heritage. Built in the 16th century, was later shared by their original owners and the friars of the old convent of the Carmelites. The coexistence between the two communities was not peaceful and years later founded another Carmelite monastery. Again in possession of fishing brotherhood, the church underwent restoration. In 1755 became quite destroyed with the earthquake and was transformed later in theater. After a period in which worked …

Typical cuisine barrosã, integrated in a rural tourism unit in the village of river Walls. The visit to this kitchen allows a trip up to the times in which this was the most common family living space. Here we find the most varied utensils and objects characteristic of traditional cuisine: a rustic family table; a bench facing the fireplace where afumam, hanging in lareiros, the chouriças, the sausages and sausages and, in toucinheiras, the hams; the stupid enough to support for Caldera, who warmed to the warmth of the bonfire; the traditional wood-burning oven; the parrugueira where it was piling …

The Velão mountain is 1013 metres tall and full of edenic landscapes. If you climb up just a little further, you will reach the Cruz das Moças (Crucifix of the Young Girls). At Pena Suar you can see fans of the eolian park. The place has an area of 3.8 hectares and produces enough energy for 15 thousand inhabitants. The Marão Mountain is rich both in terms of fauna and of flora. A special note to the wolf, the fox, the scops owl, Lataste's viper and the smooth snake. One must visit the main church at Campeã and the old …

A village with curvy, narrow streets, located between the Montejun to-Sintra mountains and the springs of the Alenquer Brook. It boast several vestiges of different civilizations: a roman road with abridge, the friars pathways to the convents of São Jerónimo do Mato and Santo António de Charnais and the medieval Galician road. One may also visit the ruins of the palace of Dona leonor (the place where the queen rested whem she went to the thermae of the Caldas da Rainha), the pillory, the church of Prazeres and the chapel of the Espírito Santo (Holy Spirit). A special note to …