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Monuments in Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Túmulo Românico

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Tresminas
5450, Tresminas

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Tomb from the time of Roman occupation.

Ponte Romana de Cidadelha

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Largo da Capela
5450, Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Bridge with a trestle deck resting on a perfect arch.

Igreja Paroquial de Bornes de Aguiar / Igreja de São Martinho

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Rua Central
5445, Bornes de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

A church of Romanesque, Mannerist, and Baroque architecture with a single nave covered with wooden ceilings. The interior features Mannerist and Baroque gilded altarpieces.

Igreja Paroquial de Afonsim / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção

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Largo da Igreja
5450-100, Afonsim

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Late Baroque church with a single nave, bell tower, chancel, and sacristy. The interior features a wooden high choir, a baptistery on the Gospel side, built-in confessionals, and a late Baroque main altarpiece with Rococo elements, in polychrome and gilded carving.

Igreja Matriz de Tresminas / Igreja de São Miguel de Tresminas

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Rua da Igreja
5450, Tresminas

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Romanesque church with a single nave, wooden ceilings, and a pointed arched portal with two molded archivolts. The interior features a Baroque main altarpiece in the Joanine style.

Castelo de Pena de Aguiar

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Castelo
5450-280, Castelo

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Aguiar Castle is a unique rock castle, whose current structure dates back to the 9th or 10th centuries. Situated on a massive granite boulder, archaeological finds have revealed three major levels of occupation: Prehistoric, Celtic, and Roman. Access to the building is via an entrance with six staircases, beneath an ogival portal. Climbing some rocks leads to the highest point, from which a sweeping panorama over the entire Aguiar Valley is offered. The building includes a vaulted-ceilinged room, as well as the embrasure room, a window with privileged strategic visibility.

Parque Arqueológico de Tresminas

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Lugar do Cruzeiro
5450-296, Tresminas

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Considered one of the largest mining operations in the Roman world, the Tresminas mine began during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD) and continued until the time of Septimius Severus. It was likely carried out using an open-pit system, creating the large craters that still bear witness to the human effort in the landscape today. A complex system of galleries was opened across the vein for the transport, disposal, and treatment of the minerals, which remains open to visitors. The Archaeological Park has viewpoints overlooking the mining pits, interpretive panels, signposted walking trails, and picnic areas. Visits …

Busto de António Gil

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Largo Sousa e Costa
5450-017, Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Bust of homage to António Gil.

Capela de Bornes / Capela do Sagrado Coração de Jesus

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Rua Central
5445, Bornes de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Seventeenth-century chapel of Mannerist and Baroque architecture with single nave and rectangular chancel. The interior has high choir, two side chapels date with gilded Baroque altarpieces, and two angled side altarpieces, Baroque, too. Features in the main Chapel, altarpiece of carved neo-classical.

Fonte da Praça 25 de Abril

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Praça 25 de Abril
5450, Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Central fountain with four cocks.

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