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Capela do Divino Espírito Santo e Cruzeiro
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Rua Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco
3850-040, Albergaria-a-Velha
19TH-century chapel with longitudinal plant and two small rectilinear fenestrations simple in back façade. In the interior, highlighted by a polychrome wood sculpture depicting the Holy Trinity.
Igreja Matriz de Valmaior
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Rua da Fábrica, 2
3850-835, Valmaior
Church of longitudinal plan consists of a nave, a chancel lower and narrow, a sacristy and a side chapel adossadas to the front left side. In the interior, especially the Tuscan pilasters shaped corners on the ship and in the chancel.
Capela de São Sebastião
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Rua Mártires da Liberdade
3850-090, Albergaria-a-Velha
Chapel dated 1676, consisting of a longitudinal plan with a nave and a chancel lower and narrow. In the first half of the 20th century was coated with tiles and, in 2003, the annex was built adossado on the north façade.
Pelourinho de Angeja
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Praça da República
3850-443, Angeja
This pillory has a square basement with two steps, a column with a cylindrical shaft and a Tuscan capital with an inferior marking in ring. It is finished by a cubic structure with a cornice divided in three and a block with four faces with the Coat of Arms represented there and a Royal Crown on the top.
Fonte de Albergaria-a-Velha
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Alameda 5 de Outubro
3850-005, Albergaria-a-Velha
Large and modern source. It's very showy, consisting of several tanks of different formats, passing the water from each other.
Palácio Flor da Murta
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Rua da Flor da Murta
2770-186, Paço de Arcos
Datado de 1549, o Palácio Flor da Murta fazia parte de um vasto domínio senhorial designado por “Quinta da Terrugem”, pertencente à família Correia Barém. Da antiga propriedade, restam uma Adega e o palácio com dois pisos, remodelado no século XVIII. Atualmente, alberga um centro empresarial, mas os demais espaços existentes permitem a realização de eventos.
Santuário de São Bento das Peras
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Rua de São Bento - Apartado 288
4815-496, Caldas de Vizela
The shrine of St. Benedict of pears, located up the hill with the same name, the 410 m altitude, is place of pilgrimage of thousands of believers. The religious festival in honor of the patron saint of Vizela happens to July 11, with the completion of the procession and celebration of mass pitched. Is a pleasant living space. Some people still browse to the location to simply enjoy the magnificent panoramic views of the Valley of the river Vizela.
Paço de Gominhães
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Lugar do Paço
4815-438, Caldas de Vizela
Solar dated 1280, object of renovations and transformations over the centuries, referenced in carry reigns of d. João I, King John III and d. Alfonso VI. Composed of two bodies with ground floor and piano nobile, has an access gate with a stone of arms at the top. The Chapel is located away from the building being visible, in verga, an inscription that said to have been built by Pedro Vaz c. de Sousa.
Cista de São Bento
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Rua de São Bento
4815-496, Caldas de Vizela
Roman CIST of Vizela, situated in the parish of St. Michael, more precisely in the sanctuary of St. Benedict. During the Bronze age to the iron age saw the ceremonial cremation of the bodies. The ashes that remained stored in urns, which were placed in presenters alongside smaller pots with offerings to the dead.
Bica Quente
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Praça da República, 50
4815-475, Caldas de Vizela
Legend has it that whoever put the finger in this font will be forever "prisoner" of Vizela. In the basement of the town are born the sulphurous waters that spring from this small fountain.