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Casa das Brolhas
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Rua Macário de Castro
5100-149, Lamego
Also known as Solar dos Castros, this house was built in 1777 using reused earlier structures, such as kitchen vaults and grain bins. It features a vast façade divided by pilasters into five sections highlighted by decorative motifs. The central section features a granite gate topped with a coat of arms. The garden, with an eighteenth-century design, consists of geometric flowerbeds bordered by boxwood hedges, a pond, and a small fountain. The vegetation is topiary-like, with a curious maze of tall hedges and houses carved from shrubbery standing out.
Capela de Nossa Senhora da Esperança
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Rua do Cerdeiral
5100-129, Lamego
A Renaissance chapel from the late 16th century with a porch supported by columns. Founded in 1586, it underwent successive alterations and additions that transformed its original appearance. Inside, highlights include 17th-century tiles, a 16th-century image of Our Lady of Hope, painted ceilings, and gilded carvings on the altars.
Castelo de Lamego
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Rua do Castelo
5100-128, Lamego
This castle was built on an ancient Lusitanian hill fort that the Romans fortified. The original castle's highlights include the citadel with its keep, the vaulted cistern, and two gates, the Porta dos Fogos and the Porta do Sol, which define the wall structure of the old town. The cistern is located near a section of the wall. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the tower served as the town hall. Noteworthy, in the Porta do Sol, is an 18th-century window dated 1642.
Igreja de Santa Maria de Almacave
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Rua das Cortes
5100-132, Lamego
The church consists of a nave with a high choir, a narrower and lower chancel, a bell tower, side chapels, and several outbuildings. The Romanesque structure of the church still survives, with the main door featuring four archivolts and a side portal with lintels supported by simple modillions. The main façade is gabled, with a Romanesque portal and two side porticos featuring equally Romanesque elements, with a cross pierced in the tympanum. The side elevations feature unadorned corbels in the nave, and those of the annexes and chancel feature pilaster cornerstones and frieze and cornice finishes. Notable are the altarpieces …
Sé Catedral de Lamego
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Largo da Sé
5100-098, Lamego
Built in the 12th century, the church features a Manueline façade and a Nasoni structure. It underwent several modifications, particularly in the 16th and 18th centuries. The interior, with three naves, features side chapels with 18th-century carvings, a transept with a central lantern, altarpieces, paintings, and a choir stall. The church, divided into three naves and a transept, is adjoined by the chapter house, the cloister, and other outbuildings. Opposite are several outbuildings and the Romanesque bell tower.
Museu de Lamego
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Largo de Camões
5100-147, Lamego
Housed in the city's former Bishop's Palace, this museum was established in 1917. The most notable feature of the museum's collection is its eclecticism. The collection is primarily from the 18th century, spanning the period from the 1st century to the present day, with a clear emphasis on the Renaissance period. Highlights include the Flemish tapestries and paintings by Vasco Fernandes. The Gothic transept located here is classified as a Property of Public Interest.
Ermida de Santo António
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Ladeira de Santo António
6120, Mação
The chapel was probably built in the 16th century and later underwent renovations in the 17th century. The interior features tile coverings dating from 1642.
Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
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Largo de Santo António
6120-731, Mação
This church was built by Philip II in 1597. It consists of three naves, with Tuscan columns and a Latin cross plan. Notable features include the tiles on the triumphal arch and the historical panels from 1644.
Castelo Velho do Caratão
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CM1267
6120-702, Mação
A Neolithic defensive hillfort, likely rebuilt and reoccupied by the Romans until the 1st century. In 1160, Dom Afonso Henriques donated it to the Templars, who were to have built a castle there. However, this never came to fruition.
Estação Arqueológica Romana de Vale de Junco
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Ortiga
6120, Mação
Ancient Roman bathhouse consisting of two floors. Notable features include the atrium, flanked by the apodytherium and frigidarium, the tepidarium, and the caldarium. Part of the pipework that brought water from the nearby Eiras River and part of the walls remain.