At the top of Glória Lift is the garden and viewpoint of São Pedro de Alcântara and, going up Dom Pedro V Street, you reach Jardim do Príncipe Real. Underneath the garden is the Patriarcal water reservoir, from 1864. A little further on are the Natural History and Science Museums, as well as the Botanical Garden. On Academia das Ciências Street you will find the Academy and the Geological Museum. Continuing along São Bento Street you will find the Assembly of the Republic, installed in the São Bento Palace. Continue along Avenida Dom Carlos I and you will see the …

At the João Mendonça Street, by the Central canal, you find three buildings with interpreting Arte Nova façades. Through this canal where, in ancient times, all the commerce of the city used to concentrate, now flow the coloured moliceiros boats that dazzle the tourists. At the angle formed by the Central and Pirâmides canals, is the Rossio: ample, garden-like, with palm-trees lined up and arte Nova details. At the intersection with the São Roque Canal and going through the Cais das Falcoeiras follow to the Cais dos Mercantéis and walk around the picturesque fishermen square, in preference in the beginning …

Located at an altitude of 770 metres, on the southeast foothills of the Estrela Mountain, the small town of Loriga was, until 1855, the siege of the parish, with a town hall, a prison and a pillory. Its name comes from an armour. The valley is quite rich in historical vestiges (the romans, the sueves, the visigoths and the moors were there) and several archaeological vestiges remain: a man shaped grave, a roman bridge, a well preserved part of a roman road and a medieval balcony. Loriga is the main town in a lovely valley that was originated by a …

The parish church, Temple of longitudinal plant, is flanked by a churchyard, walled that for a long time was used as a cemetery, still sporting the whole floor lajeado. The main façade has a portal of rectangular shape, surmounted by a round window surmounted by a belfry with two tears "founders, each of them with a Bell, crowned by two pinnacles, with ball Finial, and a cross trilobada. The interior of this church is of a great ornamental wealth. The granite stone walls are partially covered in the chancel, by a tiled wainscot, with liturgical reasons represented; one of the …

In a landscape of singular beauty, in the heart of the municipality of Mealhada, stands a truly monumental garden, captivated by the richness of the place, considered by many to be unique in the world, where the colors of nature and the rays of sunlight piercing the trees blend in the prevailing silence - the Bussaco National Forest. Commissioned by the Order of Discalced Carmelites in the 17th century, in seclusion and contemplation for over 200 years, the space impresses with the number of plant species it houses, over 700, from all over the world, such as firs, sequoias, limes, …

Monolith carved in granite representing the figure of a warrior, (2nd century iron age. I ad) erect and in stop position. Was found, along with other similar copy, probably in the 19th century. 18TH CENTURY (and was later, in the 20th century, found two more mindless statues) in great Castro do Lesenho, (at an elevation of 1075 meters) in Fields, parish of s. Salvador de Viveiro. This Warrior is wearing sagum (out exuberantly decorated with geometric motifs of concentric circles chained and plaids), v-neck and short sleeves, girded by a belt with four parallel veins. The head is proportionate, displaying …