Viseu

Catedral de Santa Maria de Viseu / Sé de Viseu

Viseu

This gothic building was subject to several modifications as the time went by and thus has romanic, gothic, manuelin, manneristm renaissance, baoque and modern features. In the main façade one can view the images of Saint Mark, Saint Lucas, Saint John, Saint Mathew, Saint Teotónio and Our Lady of Assunção. A special note to the chorus chairs, the golden carvings …

Museu de Grão Vasco

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This museum, founded in 1916, initially functioned in the Cathedral and only in 1938 did it move to the Paço dos Três Escalões. Among the many exhibited works, a special note to the paintings of Grão Vasco, that came from the Cathedral, from the Bishop's Palace of Fontelo and from churches and convents of the Beira region and the paintings …

Solar do Vinho do Dão

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This typical manor houses the Comissão Vitivinícola Regional do Dão (an organization for the Dão region wines). The building was recovered according to the exterior architecture and the decoration is modern and bold. There is a chapel by the building whre there are no masses regularly but which functions as a guest room of this space.

Museu de Almeida Moreira

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This house, where Almeida Moreira lived, opeened its doors to the public as Ameida Moreira Museum in 1965. There is a collection of naturalist paintings, religious paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries, furniture, ceramics with Oriental porcelains, earthenware of the 17th and 18th centuries and national objects of the 19th century. There are also glass creations, jewellery, bed coverts …

Centro Histórico de Viseu

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In the centre of Viseu one can admire the beauty of its narrow streets, of its buildings of great historic and architectural value and find some shops of traditional commerce.

Solar dos Condes de Prime

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This building, dating back to the 18th century and also known as Casa do Cimo da Vila (House of the Top of the Village), has a chapel with great masonry on the windows, doors and cornices. In its interior, the baroque and rococo tiles of the palace area and, in the main chapel, the tiles and carvings of the epoch …

Museu do Quartzo

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Situado no Monte de Santa Luzia, outrora palco de exploração do mineral, o Museu do Quartzo abriu portas em 2012. Pretende, desde então, ser um espaço interativo de exploração do património geológico e natural da região, sendo o único museu do mundo a dedicar-se exclusivamente a um mineral. Com uma forte vertente pedagógica, permite aos visitantes das várias faixas etárias …

Cava de Viriato

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This garden, located near the square of the St. Mathews Fair, has an octogonal shape and is surrounded by walls and by a protection ditch. Once it was a Roman military camp. Since the 16th century, it has bem wrongly associated with the lusitane warrior Viriato. In the 20th century, a tribute monument to that warrior has been built there …

Termas de Alcafache Spa Termal

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In the center of the Beira Alta and running since 1962, the Balneario Termas de Alcafache Sulphurous has undergone a constant growth and process improvements, always attempting to offer a higher quality and comfort. These spas are a little paradise protected from pollution and stress of cities in a 100% ecological environment. Here it is treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, rheumatic, …