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Mamoa de Brandião

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Lugar de Brandião
4585, Lugar de Brandião

Paredes

A hill that is a testimony to the presence of the pre-historic man and his funeral customs. Located at the Monte Picoto (Picoto Hill).

Capela da Senhora do Salto

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Largo Nossa Senhora do Salto
4585, Senhora do Salto

Paredes

The chapel of Our Lady of Salto, built in 1725, at Salto, is linked to a legend regarding Our Lady and a miracle performed by her. This chapel, later enlarged, was built as a tribute to Our Lady. It has a pulpit and a wodden structure covered by tiles. The image of Our Lady of Salto which stands at the centre of the high altar is also present in a tiles panel.

Igreja Matriz de Vandoma

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Rua de Santa Eulália
4580, Vandoma

Paredes

A neoclassic church. Inside, a special note to the baroque carvings on the altar.

Igreja de São Pedro de Cête

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Lugar do Barreiro
4580, Lugar do Barreiro

Paredes

This church used to be part of the disappeared Benedictine monastery and it was rebuilt on the 14th and 15th centuries. From then on it started to possess a cloister, a crenel tower and the frontage giant. The portico has four archivolts with ogival arches settled in decorated columns in the abacus and capitals, with Coat of Arms and rose window. On the inside it possesses a nave, a main chapel where it is possible to find the grave from the Abbot D. Estevão, with some inscriptions and with a statue laying above the cover and funerary – chapel. It …

Igreja Matriz de Vila Cova de Carros

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Rua Central de Peneirada
4580, Lugar de Quintela

Paredes

A church with a rustic door of the 19th century, with a façade without a tower, decorated by a small campanile.

Igreja de Santa Marinha de Astromil

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Rua da Igreja
4585, Astromil

Paredes

Whole church built in 18TH-century granite\/XIX.

Casa da Torre

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Avenida Padre Américo
4580, Lugar da Torre

Paredes

The most ancient and noblest feudal house in the parish. It has two towers with battlements and a cerals warehouse that was transformed into a Chapel when it was donated to Fatehr Américo's "Gaiatos".

Pelourinho de Paços de Ferreira

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Largo Doutor Luis
4590, Paços de Ferrreira

Paços de Ferreira

A pillory with a square platform, a monolithic base and a cilyindric scape. The chapiter has, on one of its sides, the national shield, while the others are decorated with frames. In the shield there is the royal crown. It is located in fron of the Municipal Museum.

Estátua de Silvia Cardoso

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Praça Doutor Luís
4590, Paços de Ferreira

Paços de Ferreira

Dna Silvia Cardoso was born in Paços de Ferreira, in the Casa da Torre (Tower House), in 1882, and passed away in the same house in 1950. The canonization process began in 1984 and she was declared a Servant of God. The statue was ianugurated on August 23, 1953, by the Cardinal Cerejeira and by the Bishop of Oporto Dom António Ferreira Gomes. The event was broadcasted to the entire country.

Ponte Nova de Paços de Ferreira

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Rua Doutor Queirós Ribeiro
4590, Paços de Ferreira

Paços de Ferreira

A transition bridge from the 19th century to the 20th century. It has five arches with an almost perfect symmetry. It was restored at the end of the 20th century and the upper part was enlarged.

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