Convento de São Francisco do Monte
A convent founded in the 16th century, it was the first in Viana do Castelo and the third of the Franciscans in Portugal. Currently it is ruined but it still has the several artitic and architectural elements that show the different stages it went through.
Contacts
Bairro da Abelheira
4900,Abelheira
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Characteristics
Monuments near Convento de São Francisco do Monte
Ponte Eiffel
Bridge over the Lima River, which connects the parish of Santa Maria Maior, in Viana do Castelo, to Darque. It was inaugurated in 1878and designed by the archi…
Basílica de Santa Luzia
Basilica located on Monte de Santa Luzia, built in the 19th century, with a project by Ventura Terra, of Romanesque-Byzantine inspiration, according to the pre…
Capela de Nossa Senhora das Necessidades
Located near the chapel of Our Lady of Alívio, it is a cult place of Our Lady of Fátima, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saint Anthony, Saint Joseph and Our Lady of Nec…
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Alívio
Located in the Abelheira, it was initially named Chapel of the Lord of the Cruz de Barras. On the third Sunday of September, under the invocation of the Lord o…
