Monte da Cerca
Monte da Cerca was a fortified settlement with both residential and military functions, located on an isolated elevation overlooking Sendim da Serra, at the eastern end of the ridgeline that begins at Gouveia Castle, with which it is thought to be related. At the summit, an alignment of schist stones is visible, forming a slope that defines a line of walls that surrounded the hill. The settlement's structure and the construction of the wall date back to the Iron Age, and it was used as a defensive stronghold in the High Middle Ages. In the 20th century, part of the wall was destroyed to remove stones.
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Monuments near Monte da Cerca
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Chapel of plant simple longitudinal, with Rococo facade and other neoclassical details. The interior features coverage for simulated barrel vault down, in pain…
Castelo de Gouveia
Traces of two waists of walls that once surrounded the highest point of the village. Originated probably in the iron age, having been later returned in the hig…
Cruzeiro de Gouveia
Cruise in 19th-century granite, to present a circular punch with two steps, a capital and a simple Latin cross cubic. Displays the date of construction: 1868.
Igreja Paroquial de Gouveia / Igreja de São Bartolomeu
Baroque and rococo church of longitudinal simple plant consisting of a nave, a chancel narrower and lower, and adossadas, a sacristy and a Bell Tower. It was b…
