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Edifício do Café Martinho da Arcada
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Praça do Comércio, 3
1100-148, Lisboa
After the earthquake, the Marquês de Pombal promoted the opening of taverns, being the Martinho da Arcada the oldest (1782). Located in one of the arcades of the Comércio Square, the interior of the café gives a close image to what might have been the outline of the establishments of that period. Nowadays, there are poetry and musical events in the café that was Fernando Pessoa’s favourite.
Edifício do Banco de Portugal
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Rua do Crucifixo, 7
1100, Lisboa
Majestic building with five floors where the Banco the Portugal works.
Casa na Rua Direita com Cruzeiro
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Rua Direita, 18-20
1600-436, Lisboa
House probably dating from the early 18TH century, with a simple longitudinal plant with two floors, showing, in the Centre, a cruise of facade composed of a base and a Latin cross, dating back to 1777. Featuring sober lines, highlighting his effort in frieze and cornice, torn by Windows.
Igreja de São Martinho
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Rua da Biquinha, 1
2710, Sintra
The primitive Church founded by d. Afonso Henriques, remain outside the apse remains of the primitive construction. It was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755. Inside are three paintings on wood of the mid-16th century.
Poço Iniciático da Quinta da Regaleira
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Quinta da Regaleira
2710-517, Sintra
Localizado na Quinta da Regaleira, e composto por um conjunto de galerias subterrâneas, este poço tem este nome porque aqui tinham lugar os rituais de iniciação à maçonaria. A escadaria é constituída por nove patamares separados por lanços de 15 degraus cada um, invocando referências à Divina Comédia de Dante. Diz-se ainda que terá inspirado J.K. Rowling, a autora da saga Harry Potter.
Repositório Histórico do Vinho dos Mortos
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Rua de Santo Aleixo, 29
5460-330, Boticas
Small museum dedicated to the theme of the "Wine of the dead". Were the French invasions that came cause the appearance of this today is a real ex-libris of Boticas. It was during the second French invasion (1808) and in face of the advance of the troops commanded by General Soult, which in its passage all pillaged, pillaged and destroyed, the population of Boticas, to try to defend its heritage, decided to hide by burying, what was more valuable. The wine was buried in the floor of cellars, on clay, under the cask and mills. Later, after the French were …
Ecomuseu de Barroso - Museu Rural
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Largo de Santo Aleixo
5460-330, Boticas
O Museu Rural de Boticas, integrado na rede de pólos museológicos do Ecomuseu de Barroso, procura mostrar aos visitantes o que caracteriza o concelho de Boticas, evidenciando aspetos específicos da cultura material e da imaterial, de maneira a mostrar as formas de vida praticadas, a interação do Homem com o meio envolvente a nível físico e espiritual e a cultura local nas suas diversas manifestações. Este polo encontra-se instalado numa antiga unidade agrária que integrava uma casa senhorial de três pisos e, separado por um pátio, uma adega com lagar onde funciona uma loja de venda de artesanato.
Convento da Trindade
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Rua da Trindade, 2
2710-505, Sintra
This convent was built in the 14th century, at the behest of King Dom João i. Features Mannerist influences and, inside, the cells of the friars, the kitchen and the refectory.
Chalet da Condessa d'Edla
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Estrada da Pena
2710-609, Sintra
Building consisting of two floors, built by King Consort Ferdinand, in 1870, to his second wife, Countess of Daniel. This is an example of romantic architecture with revival decoration, another pioneering, especially materials that uses: the bark and the wood. Inside, Arab influences are visible in the exquisite decoration with the use of geometric shapes.
Chalet Biester
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Estrada da Pena, 24
2710, São Martinho
Construído em 1890 pela mão do arquiteto José Luís Monteiro, apresenta uma mistura de neogótico e neo-românico. O interior foi decorado por Luigi Manini, arquiteto e pintor de renome. O local onde se insere, a encosta norte da serra de Sintra, ajudam a criar a mística irreal do local.