Stately residence dating from the 18TH century, an interesting architectural ensemble of Baroque style, typically Minho. This beautiful palatial residence, although privately owned, well worth a visit, at least to the outside. Through the iron gate you can see the pretty walled courtyard where stands out the upper gallery alpendrada. In the courtyard in front of the gate there is a fountain lined with tiles and the original Sundial. off the patio, front part to the majestic gate, deserves attention an interesting Baroque fountain, transferred from the Franciscan convent of São Paio of Mount for this site in 1899, and …

Simple, rectangular plant building with gable roof coverage. The appliance is in granite ashlars well equipped and with white painted joints. The sacristy is located near the south wall. Have canonical orientation. The corners are apilastrados, crowned with pinnacles and the angles of the Gables topped by crosses. Over the main door opens a niche with the image of Our Lady of Snows, placed at the center of a triangular pediment and decorated with two pinnacles and cross to the Center. On the north façade was recorded the inscription: "INS YEAR of 1720". The gable of the sacristy is topped …

Macieira de Alcoba is a typical village at about 18 km from the town of Águeda. Located on the high lands of the Caramulo mountain, between the Águeda river and the Alcofra brook, it includes the traditional Urgueira village (just a little more than 10 inhabitants), the highest villag in the parish. It is located on a rock, with just about 150 inhabitants that are mostly small farmers and shepherds. The 17th century mother church, the Urgueira communal oven and the chapel of Our Lady of Fátima satnd out, as well as the Macieira small dam, the Urgueira Park and …

Considered one of the prettiest gardens in Portugal, the Gardens of the Casa da Ínsua (House of Ínsua) belong to a manor, the House of Ínsua. Its construction was ordered, in the second half of the 18th century, by Luís de Albuquerque de Mello Pereira e Cáceres, governor and captain general of Mato Grosso, in Brazil. The gardens are remarkable for their extension, their originality and the variety of species. They stand out for the rare tall trees (California sequoias, English pine trees, Australian eucaliptus), some of them approximately 200 years old, and mostly for the wide variety of plants …

The medieval fortress, comprising the castle and the urban enclosure, was built during the reign of King Dinis and completed during the reign of Alfonso IV in 1327. In the 17th century, expansion work was carried out on the fortification surrounding the town up to the current garden boundary. The São Lourenço Fort was built in the 18th century, when the bastioned fortification was extended with the Loureiros Wall. The fortress was remarkably large, surrounding almost the entire town. Located on one of the highest hills in the Serra de São Mamede, it served as a watchtower on one of …

This castro, classified as Property in the public interest, is an old fortified settlement where the walls, with interior access ramps, and remains of circular and rectangular constructions placed uncovered in the course of numerous excavations carried out by Santos Júnior and his team from the 50 years of the 20th century. The testimonies collected materials, pieces of pottery, coins and fibulae, contextualize the occupation of this village in the iron age and during the period of Romanisation. But, according to sources and Andrade (2005), accepting ID that Almeida Fernandes (1968) does a lot with the pagus Beresi ' Suebic …

In this space, housed in a former sugar mill founded in 1822, you will learn about the history of the paper industry. The collections encompass the entire municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, where the paper industry has been a fundamental driver of the economy since 1708. In addition to artifacts and machinery, the watermark exhibition will highlight the different types of watermarks created by paper manufacturers in the Santa Maria region. Among the vast documentary collection, the collection of different paper qualities stands out, as well as watermarked papers from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, representative of the …

More than a café, Majestic symbolizes an important part of the city's history. It was inaugurated on December 17, 1921, under the name of Elite. Despite the frenzy of the inauguration, this name did not last, changing from Elite to Majestic, a name more appropriate to the spirit of the regulars. Restored in the early 1990s, it consists of a large rectangular room where, on both sides, there are benches in engraved leather, in front of which are placed tables and chairs. The plaster ceilings are meticulously worked, mirrors are placed on the walls, the floor is marble and an …

Natural reserve integrated into the Madeira Natural Park, with a total area of 1710 hectares and a total length of 6259 meters. It is exclusively marine, meaning it also covers the seabed up to 100 meters and the islets of Rocha das Vinhas and Viúva, or Rocha do Navio. This protected area was created in 1997 at the will of the local population, with the aim of protecting fishing and maritime resources against indiscriminate fishing, often using explosives. Of its natural, scientific and cultural wealth, its botanical heritage stands out, with several species of endemic flora on the cliffs, among …

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 …