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Ruínas Romanas da Quinta da Abicada

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Mexilhoeira Grande
8500, Mexilhoeira Grande

Portimão

Roman villa with two peristyles, one hexagonal and the other square, both with tiled floors. One of the great attractions of this place is the existence of polychrome mosaics, with geometric motifs. This station provided materials from the 1st to the 2nd century.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição/ Igreja Matriz de Portimão

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Rua da Igreja
8500-597, Portimão

Portimão

The Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church was built at the end of the 15th century, damaged by the 1755 earthquake, and then rebuilt in the 18th century. A new reconstruction in the 19th century gave it the current configuration. Of the original building, the Gothic portal with gilded capitals and gargoyle stands out.

Museu de Portimão

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Rua D. Carlos I
8500-607, Portimão

Portimão

Museum installed in an old large canning factory, the Fábrica Féu Hermanos. Permanent exhibitions focus on the factory's classical and industrial archeology, while temporary exhibitions are usually related to photography and painting. The Museum's assets are made up of industrial and ethnographic heritage, namely the canning industry, shipbuilding, fishing, stowage, lithography, foundry, tinsmithing, smoke-dried, transport, among others.

Jardins do Castelo

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Alameda Doutor Roberto Vaz Oliveira
4520, Santa Maria da Feira

Santa Maria da Feira

Between Largo Camoes, also known as Rossio, and the slope that leads to the Castle, this well-kept garden and covered in young trees and centenarian, alternates between the joyous spring green and beautiful autumn color palette. Near the Museum Convent of Loios and the playground of Quinta do Castelo, is one of the places favoured by feirenses for a stroll in the evening.

Corredor Verde do Fervença / Parque Urbano do Fervença

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Bairro dos Batoques
5300-091, Bragança

Bragança

Large and very pleasant green space that was born around the Fervença river, occupying an extension that goes from the citadel to the urban expansion zone. It is an element of reference in the daily life of Bragança, guided by the presence of the river and the view over the Monte de São Bartolomeu. It is developed in two sections: the first between Ponte do Fervença and Rua dos Batoques and the second between the last weir of the first section, following the river to the vicinity of the Castle and Parque de Merendas. Along both banks, there is a …

Sé Catedral de Bragança

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Avenida Engenheiro Adelino Amaro da Costa, 9
5300-146, Bragança

Bragança

Inaugurated in 2001, it was the first cathedral to be built in Portugal in the 21st century. Designed by the architect Vassalo Rosa, it occupies an area of 10 thousand square meters and features contemporary architecture, with an amphitheater distribution of seats and a pentagonal design of the surrounding area. Devoted to Nossa Senhora Rainha, the monument intends to reflect the region where it is located, from the construction materials used to the orientation of the doors or the vegetation of the gardens. The tabernacle has the geographical shape of the district.

Barragem de Montesinho

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Barragem de Montesinho
5300, Montesinho

Bragança

The Montesinho Dam, in Ribeira de Vilar, is part of the Natural Park with the same name. This area has an enormous diversity of flora and fauna, with special emphasis on the Iberian wolf.

Museu Ibérico da Máscara e do Traje

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Rua Dom Fernão O Bravo, 24-26
5300-025, Bragança

Bragança

Located in Cidadela, this museum aims to promote the traditions associated with masks from the Northeast of Trás-os-Montes and the Spanish region of Zamora. Visitors can appreciate masks, costumes and other objects used in the popular “Winter Parties” in Trás-os-Montes and in the “Winter Masks” in Zamora. These traditional festivities are cultural manifestations, passed on from generation to generation, and recognized as traditions of this cross-border area.

Solar dos Veiga Cabral / Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça de Morais

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Rua Conselheiro Abílio Beça, 105
5300-011, Bragança

Bragança

Building also called Solar dos Sá Vargas, which underwent several alterations in the 20th century, the balconies were restored, the main staircase of the building removed and the windows on the upper floor placed. In 1947, a Bank of Portugal branch was installed here and, in 2001, it was acquired by the Bragança City Council. Currently, the space is occupied by the Graça de Morais Contemporary Art Center.

Forte de São João Baptista / Forte da Berlenga

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Arquipélago das Berlengas
2520, Ilha da Berlenga

Peniche

Large stone wall rosea in the shape of a polyhedron. Has canhoteiras and bunkers that denote great simplicity and rigour. Barracks and other dependencies are organized in a set of several volumes.

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