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Monuments in Vila Verde

Solar de Gondomil

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Moure
4730-300, Moure

Vila Verde

The Solar de Gondomil, located in the municipality of Vila Verde, features a Baroque style with an L-shaped floor plan, composed of several sections. One of the wings houses a chapel.

Casa do Paço

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Freiriz
4730-170, Freiriz

Vila Verde

A long-plan Mannerist mansion with elements to the taste of English tenants, such as columns in the gardens and imitations of ancient gates and chapels.

Casa de Carcavelos

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Lugar de Carcavelos
4730-120, Carcavelos

Vila Verde

Manor house built in the 18th century, consisting of two distinct sections and an adjoining chapel. The first section is pierced on the upper floor by four round-headed windows and a door, and on the lower floor by three openings with grilles. The second section, smaller in size, features two windows and a door. In the chapel, notable elements include, in addition to the finely worked stonework around the façade openings, the paneled ceiling, the altar, and the altarpiece.

Torre de Penegate

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Lugar da Torre
4730-530, Carreiras

Vila Verde

Tower with a square plan, battlemented, and consisting of three floors. The roof is a flat terrace. The entrance door, set in a pointed arch, is higher than the exterior ground level, indicating that in former times access was via a removable ladder.

Igreja de Santa Marinha de Oriz

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Avenida da Igreja
4730-483, Oriz

Vila Verde

Baroque rural church with a single nave and a chancel. The interior features Baroque gilded woodcarving in the “national style,” though already showing Joanine influence. It is possible that it was built during the 18th century to replace the old Romanesque church, of which only a few remnants remain. The main façade is marked by the doorway and the large choir window, both with straight lintels. To the left rises the bell gable, with two semicircular arches and two bells of different sizes.

Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho

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Rua Alto da Leiroinha
4730, Cervães

Vila Verde

Marian sanctuary with a single-nave church. It features a typically Minho-style façade, with simple and harmonious contours. The monumental gilded altarpiece in the chancel stands out.

Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Alívio

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Avenida Nossa Senhora do Alívio, 308
4730-570, Soutelo

Vila Verde

Marian sanctuary with two towers. Triangular pediment topped by an image of the Virgin and Child. Simple interior with six arches forming the vault.

Igreja Matriz de Aboim da Nóbrega

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EM1145, 107
4730-010, Aboim da Nóbrega

Vila Verde

Mannerist church, with a longitudinal plan consisting of a portico, a single nave, a chancel aligned with it, and a tower. The interior features Baroque decoration, with coffered ceilings framed in gilded woodcarving surrounding paintings.

Fojo do Lobo

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Gondomar
4730-230, Gondomar

Vila Verde

El Fojo do Lobo es una trampa para lobos. Surgió de la necesidad de evitar que estos animales destruyeran los rebaños y pusieran en peligro la seguridad de la población. Su forma en Y conducía a los lobos hacia un pozo disimulado con vegetación. Hoy en día, y debido a la preservación de esta especie en peligro de extinción, este procedimiento ya no está permitido.

Capela de Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso

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Largo Antunes Lima, 9-A
4730-453, Vila de Prado

Vila Verde

Chapel of longitudinal plant, ship only and chancel, with Bell Tower and the sacristy. Highlighting the pulpit that still preserves the Baroque balustrade in pau-black.

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