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Museu do Azeite

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Largo Bombeiros Voluntários, 129
6250-056, Belmonte

Belmonte

Created in an old mill, this museum structure was created to teach the visitors the traditional production process of olive oil, as well as the importance it assumed in the local economy. It is spread over three floors and there you can find the old millstones and presses, where the village's oil was produced until 1995. On the way out, the visitor is invited to taste different types of olive oil and outside, you can admire an olive grove, as well as the Zêzere, which runs behind the building.

Ecomuseu do Zêzere

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Rua Pedro Álvares Cabral
6250-088, Belmonte

Belmonte

The Zêzere River passes through the municipality of Belmonte and this small museum shows all its history and characteristics. From the source to the mouth, visitors can learn more about the species that live in the river that rises in Serra da Estrela, as well as the vegetation that surrounds it. This museum center was created in the old Tulha dos Cabrais, an austere building that functioned as the granary of the most important family in the village, whose manor is located right in front of it.

Convento de Nossa Senhora da Boa Esperança / Pousada Convento de Belmonte

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Caminho de Santo Antão
6250-082, Belmonte

Belmonte

About a kilometer from the town, this former convent of the Frades Menores de São Francisco da Covilhã was founded in 1563, in a place that offers excellent views of Cova da Beira and Serra da Estrela. The convent was extinguished in 1834, with its objects of worship being distributed among several churches in the region, until in 2001 it was transformed into an elegant inn, with 24 rooms. The hotel unit kept the architecture in an amphitheater, on the slopes of Serra da Esperança.

Solar dos Condes de Caria

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Largo Comendador B. Mendes Almeida - EN18-3
6250-111, Belmonte

Belmonte

19th century building with a simple rectangular plan, with two floors and a main façade with a central portal. It has a chapel attached to the rear facade, connected to the house from the inside. Highlight for the decoration of the main facade, with windows flanked by plant pendants.

Antiga Judiaria de Belmonte

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Rua Direita
6250-047, Belmonte

Belmonte

In the main square of the Jewish quarter is the famous ḥanukkah that lights up every year during the Festival of Lights, which usually takes place on the last weekend of the year. In this area, between the current streets Rua Direita and Rua Fonte da Rosa, you can find several small granite houses, with cruciform motifs on the threshold and on the small openings. The Jews were mostly artisans and merchants, so the lower floor of their houses was normally occupied by their workshop or shop.

Torre de Centum Cellas

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Rua dos Bombeiros Voluntários, 26
6250-056, Belmonte

Belmonte

It is on the way to Colmeal da Torre that you can find this enigmatic building of Roman origin, classified as a National Monument since 1927. There are several theories and legends linked to this rectangular building with three floors, whose initial function remains undefined, but which was possibly integrated into a Roman villa. One of these legends maintains that it was a prison with 100 cells, where Saint Cornelius, who formerly also named it, would have been imprisoned.

Igreja de Santiago / Panteão dos Cabrais

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Largo do Castelo
6250-067, Belmonte

Belmonte

Located in Largo do Castelo, this small church with a romantic style also features Mannerist and Gothic elements. It was built in the 13th century and its “ex libris” is the beautiful Pietá, in granite and polychromatic, which impressed the writer and Nobel Prize José Saramago, as reported in his book “Journey to Portugal”. Mural paintings and traces of a triptych with Our Lady, S. Tiago and S. Pedro can still be seen. The Cabrais Pantheon is next to the church.

Castelo de Belmonte

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Largo do Castelo
6250-067, Belmonte

Belmonte

As we approach the entrance to the village, we come across its Castle, classified as a National Monument. Pedro Álvares Cabral, the most famous inhabitant of Belmonte, was born here. The fort was built in the 13th century, at the behest of D. Afonso III, and in 1466 it became the residence of the Cabral family. One of its most emblematic points is the Manueline-style window from the 16th century, from where you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the valleys and mountains that surround the village.

Estátua de Viriato

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Avenida Emídio Navarro
3500-122, Viseu

Viseu

This bronze statue, about 2 feet tall, represents in heroic position Viriathus atop a stone surrounded by several soldiers lusitanos.

Moinho da Avenida das Laranjeiras

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Avenida das Laranjeiras
2700-334, Amadora

Amadora

Restored windmill, located in a residential area.

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