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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição/ Igreja Matriz de Portimão
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Rua da Igreja
8500-597, Portimão
The Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church was built at the end of the 15th century, damaged by the 1755 earthquake, and then rebuilt in the 18th century. A new reconstruction in the 19th century gave it the current configuration. Of the original building, the Gothic portal with gilded capitals and gargoyle stands out.
Museu de Portimão
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Rua D. Carlos I
8500-607, Portimão
Museum installed in an old large canning factory, the Fábrica Féu Hermanos. Permanent exhibitions focus on the factory's classical and industrial archeology, while temporary exhibitions are usually related to photography and painting. The Museum's assets are made up of industrial and ethnographic heritage, namely the canning industry, shipbuilding, fishing, stowage, lithography, foundry, tinsmithing, smoke-dried, transport, among others.
Museu do Papel Terras de Santa Maria
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Rua do Rio Maior, 338
4535-301, Paços de Brandão
This space, located in an 1822 factory, shows the history of the paper industry. It is related to the parish of Santa Maria da Feira, where it has been a major industry since 1708. It features many artefacts and machineries.
Castro de Romariz
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Rua do Castro
3700-812, Romariz
Boasting an excellent state of conservation, the Castro de Romariz is a fortified village dating back to the 19th century. V BC, with occupancy levels until the 20th century. A.d., and is considered one of the most significant archaeological sites of the region of the Douro e Vouga. Was identified in the mid-19th century. 19th century, with the discovery of a monetary treasure: the treasure of Romariz. After a long period of abandonment in 1980 began a new phase of systematic archaeological work, with the study of the origins and evolution of the Castro habitat, identifying the various stages of …
Igreja Matriz de Santa Maria da Feira e Convento dos Lóios
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Rua Doutor Santos Carneiro, 7
4520-181, Santa Maria da Feira
It is a Mannerist convent with Church of Latin cross plant and ship single and two-storey cloister. By their characteristics, inserts in the typology of monumental 17th century churches of Classicist and scholar of the region feature portuense. The tiling of the chancel and transept are also 17th century, and the main altarpiece of Baroque Style and lateral Baroque altarpieces of the National era of d. Pedro II, in the transition from the 17th and 18th centuries. In the center of the courtyard of the convent existed a Baroque fountain, now deployed in the square opposite the Town Hall.
Castelo de Santa Maria da Feira
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Alameda Doutor Roberto Vaz Oliveira
4520-141, Santa Maria da Feira
Santa Maria da Feira gothic Castle is often described as imposing and rigorous. We can emphasize its highest towers with turrets and four pinnacles garnishing the tower. The walls are protected with machicolation and battlements. On the outside it is worth to visit Nossa Senhora da Encarnação Chapel and The Capelania House both in Baroque style. The population slowly moved to the Castle surroundings attracted by the products market that there used to be made, originating the current city.
Museu de Santa Maria de Lamas
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Largo da Igreja, 90 - Parque de Santa Maria de Lamas
4535-412, Santa Maria de Lamas
The Museum of Santa Maria de Lamas is composed of twenty rooms with religious art and curiosities. In the religious art section, golden carvings and sculptures stand out. The curiosities include coin collections, medals, ceramics, furniture and cork works.
Museu Convento dos Lóios
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Praça Doutor Guilherme Alves Moreira
4520-170, Santa Maria da Feira
The Museu Convento dos Lóios is a regional museum with temporary exhibitions, national and international, as well as archaeology, history and art history exhibitions that explain the origins of Man, his evolution and the development of the Terras de Santa Maria (Lands of Saint Mary).
Sé Catedral de Bragança
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Avenida Engenheiro Adelino Amaro da Costa, 9
5300-146, Bragança
Inaugurated in 2001, it was the first cathedral to be built in Portugal in the 21st century. Designed by the architect Vassalo Rosa, it occupies an area of 10 thousand square meters and features contemporary architecture, with an amphitheater distribution of seats and a pentagonal design of the surrounding area. Devoted to Nossa Senhora Rainha, the monument intends to reflect the region where it is located, from the construction materials used to the orientation of the doors or the vegetation of the gardens. The tabernacle has the geographical shape of the district.
Museu Ibérico da Máscara e do Traje
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Rua Dom Fernão O Bravo, 24-26
5300-025, Bragança
Located in Cidadela, this museum aims to promote the traditions associated with masks from the Northeast of Trás-os-Montes and the Spanish region of Zamora. Visitors can appreciate masks, costumes and other objects used in the popular “Winter Parties” in Trás-os-Montes and in the “Winter Masks” in Zamora. These traditional festivities are cultural manifestations, passed on from generation to generation, and recognized as traditions of this cross-border area.