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Capela do Antigo Paço Real de Salvaterra de Magos

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Praça da República
2120, Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

Mannerist temple with a square floor plan, featuring a 17th-century gilded altar, a 16th-century pietà, and paintings and images from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Igreja da Misericórdia de Salvaterra de Magos

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Rua Luís de Camões
2120, Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

The Misericórdia Church features Mannerist and Rococo architecture. It is flanked by a bell tower and has a nave covered by a wooden ceiling and a vaulted chancel.

Museu Etnográfico de Glória do Ribatejo

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Rua da Fonte Velha, 10
2125-027, Glória do Ribatejo

Salvaterra de Magos

A set of two museum centers: the Ethnographic Museum, where the history of the local population is presented, and the Traditional House, a space where the habitat of a small peasant from the 1940s has been recreated.

Igreja Matriz da Calheta / Igreja do Espírito Santo

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Avenida Dom Manuel I, 23
9370, Calheta

Calheta

Manueline and Mannerist church with a longitudinal plan, built in the late 15th century and expanded and remodeled in the 17th century. Inside, highlights include the Renaissance holy water font and the ebony tabernacle.

Capela de Nossa Senhora do Loreto

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Arco da Calheta
9370, Arco da Calheta

Calheta

A revivalist and Manueline church with a longitudinal plan and a single nave, featuring a Renaissance holy water font. It was built in the 16th century and underwent renovations in the 20th century.

Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira - MUDAS

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Estrada Simão Gonçalves Câmara, 37
9370-139, Calheta

Calheta

A typical rural manor house built in the 16th century, enlarged in the 18th century, and converted into a Cultural Center in the 20th century. Its amphitheater/art gallery hosts a variety of temporary exhibitions, theater and dance performances, film screenings, and art workshops.

Museu do Farol da Ponta do Pargo

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Rua do Farol
9385, Salão de Baixo

Calheta

A museum that displays various exhibits related to Madeira's lighthouses, from photographs to documentation. The lighthouse sits on a cliff at Ponta da Vigia, the westernmost point on Madeira Island.

Marginal do Porto de Recreio da Calheta

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Porto de Recreio da Calheta
9370, Calheta

Calheta

A spacious and pleasant area with a beautiful garden, excellent restaurants, and lively bars. It's an ideal place for strolling, offering beautiful ocean views.

Núcleo de Palheiras das Cimalhinhas

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Cabanas de Viriato
3430, Cabanas de Viriato

Carregal do Sal

The Cimalhinhas Palheiras Nucleus is part of the Cimalhinhas Heritage Trail. The Cimalhinhas Heritage Trail, in Carregal do Sal, is a local project to safeguard, enhance, and transform archaeological heritage into a museum, aiming to preserve and recover evidence of the past. It consists of a cluster of rough-hewn stone buildings covered with wood and corrugated tiles, which were used to store tools, herd animals, or store straw in post-medieval times.

Túmulos Rupestres do Passal

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Rua da Igreja
3430, Cabanas de Viriato

Carregal do Sal

It is one of the most significant material testimonies of funerary practices or burial rituals over the centuries since the High Middle Ages. It is a set of tombs carved into the rock, located behind the parish cemetery on private land.

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