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Museu do Farol da Ponta do Pargo
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Rua do Farol
9385, Salão de Baixo
A museum that displays various exhibits related to Madeira's lighthouses, from photographs to documentation. The lighthouse sits on a cliff at Ponta da Vigia, the westernmost point on Madeira Island.
Marginal do Porto de Recreio da Calheta
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Porto de Recreio da Calheta
9370, Calheta
A spacious and pleasant area with a beautiful garden, excellent restaurants, and lively bars. It's an ideal place for strolling, offering beautiful ocean views.
Núcleo de Palheiras das Cimalhinhas
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Cabanas de Viriato
3430, Cabanas de Viriato
The Cimalhinhas Palheiras Nucleus is part of the Cimalhinhas Heritage Trail. The Cimalhinhas Heritage Trail, in Carregal do Sal, is a local project to safeguard, enhance, and transform archaeological heritage into a museum, aiming to preserve and recover evidence of the past. It consists of a cluster of rough-hewn stone buildings covered with wood and corrugated tiles, which were used to store tools, herd animals, or store straw in post-medieval times.
Túmulos Rupestres do Passal
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Rua da Igreja
3430, Cabanas de Viriato
It is one of the most significant material testimonies of funerary practices or burial rituals over the centuries since the High Middle Ages. It is a set of tombs carved into the rock, located behind the parish cemetery on private land.
Biblioteca Municipal de Carregal do Sal
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Rua Escultor Aureliano Lima, 17
3430-909, Carregal do Sal
A space that includes a multipurpose room, library, multimedia room and children's room, where stories are read, and educational games are available.
Cristo Rei de Cabanas de Viriato
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Avenida do Cristo Rei
3430-618, Cabanas do Viriato
Statue dating from 1933, built by Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portuguese consul in Bordeaux during the Holocaust. The imposing Christ the King was brought from Belgium in blocks and erected on this lookout point that was part of his property, which also houses the Casa do Passal.
Capela de Nossa Senhora dos Carvalhais
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Rua dos Carvalhais
3430-397, Carvalhais
Chapel that is currently in ruins and that owes its name to the legend that tells that at the time of the Moorish invasions, an image of Our Lady was hidden in the trunk of one of the many oak trees that were there, having been found after 18 years.
Museu Municipal Manuel Soares de Albergaria
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Rua Alexandre Braga, 32
3430-007, Carregal do Sal
The Carregal do Sal Museum is housed in the former building known as the "Casas das Correntes" (Chain Houses), built by Manuel Soares de Albergaria in the mid-20th century. This building will become the future museum.
Dolmen da Orca / Lapa da Orca
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Lugar do Ameal
3430, Oliveira do Conde
A megalithic monument, a prehistoric tomb dating back approximately 5,500 years, consists of a polygonal chamber with nine pillars, two of which are broken. It has a roof and a long corridor with eight pillars on one side and seven on the other.
Igreja Matriz de Oliveira do Conde
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Bairro Pombal, 2
3430, Oliveira do Conde
A 12th-century monument that underwent extensive renovations in the 18th and 19th centuries, it preserves its original Gothic Main Chapel, with a vaulted ceiling. Beneath the Gothic-Manueline arch lies the tomb of the knight Fernão Gomes de Góis, executed in 1440 by João Afonso, Master of the Bells. The tomb features a richly decorated reclining statue supported by four lions with thick, combed manes. Also, noteworthy are the chapels and altars of Our Lady of the Conception, a 17th-century sculpture, and the Holy Christ. In one of the niches on the Gospel side, there is a limestone statue of Saint …