The historic center of Abrantes is characterized by houses with facades decorated with geraniums or hollyhocks. Notable landmarks include the churches of São João, São Vicente, and Santa Maria do Castelo, classified as national monuments, as well as the Misericórdia church, the portal of the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Esperança, the António Botto library, the Town Hall building, and Casa Almada, classified as properties of public interest.
The Fundação Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro and Luís Pinto de Mesquita Carvalho, placed in front of the Museum-House with the same name, is a private foundation without lucrative ends, which includes a large bibliographic heap of Guerra Junqueiro, her daughter and son-in-law. The palace, dated from the XVII century, where this foundation is placed, is open to visit the permanent exhibition or any other events happening there, always regarding the life and work of the Portuguese writer.
Installed at the Fort of Santa luzia and opened in 2011, the military museum features a permanent exhibition that develops in six cores, former bunkers, where are exposed objects used by garrisons in the everyday life of the square and military equipment and weaponry from different eras, being supported by a set of multimedia products.
