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Capela de São Pedro de Medrões

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EM603 - Contador
5030-306, Medrões

Santa Marta de Penaguião

Painted white, this chapel boasts well-preserved and prominent stonework. On the main facade, the small niche above the main door stands out, where there is a stone sculpture of Saint Peter. This round arched niche is crowned by a cushioned cross and flanked by stonework rosettes. The interior is spacious and stunning due to its good ambiance, richness, art and profusion of Baroque carvings, including the magnificent main altar with twisted columns, volutes, angels and vegetal ornaments. The paneled (wooden) ceiling of the chancel is decorated with thirty-five coffers each representing figures of saints and popes. The ceiling of the …

Forno Cerâmico Romano

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Rua da Nogueira - CM1244
5030-224, Fornelos

Santa Marta de Penaguião

It is a ceramic oven from the Roman period, which consists of two overlapping chambers separated by a perforated grill, with four brick arches that support the cooking chamber grill. Cooking products were placed on the grill, which was then topped with a vault with a chimney, to evacuate gases and smoke, of which only traces remain. The chamber is preceded by a corridor furnace with brick walls that slope towards the center and a slab base. The mouth of the oven is made of stones placed vertically. The vault with the grill and chimney constituted the "laboratorium", still documented …

Igreja de São João Baptista / Igreja Paroquial de Lobrigos

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Rua de São João Baptista
5030-435, Lobrigos

Santa Marta de Penaguião

Located in a small square where there is also a fountain with a baroque back and coat of arms, the parish church of Lobrigos stands out for its main facade which is, at the same time, the base of the bell tower. With a square plan, here, on its three sides, there are round arches, forming a galilee that precedes the entrance to the temple. The body of the church develops longitudinally, towards the back, featuring a single nave with a high choir, and rectangular chancel. A highlight is the pipe organ, the only one in operation in the diocese …

Pelourinho de Santa Marta de Penaguião

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Avenida Primeiro de Maio, 52
5030-477, Santa Marta de Penaguião

Santa Marta de Penaguião

This pillory, located right in the center of the town, was probably erected shortly after the granting of the second charter, 1519, in the reign of D. Manuel I. Of great simplicity, but worth its historical weight, it has a smooth cylindrical shaft, finished in the shape of a pine trunk, which integrates it into the typology of pine cone pillory from the 16th century.

Igreja Paroquial da Cumieira / Igreja de Santa Eulália

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Largo da Igreja
5030-061, Cumieira

Santa Marta de Penaguião

Dedicated to Santa Eulália, the Parish Church displays the year 1729 over the main door. Inside, it boasts a rich gilded carving of the time, which depicts the nature of the region, and the ceiling is made up of coffers, those in the main chapel decorated with paintings, those in the body of the church with carved ornaments. All these elements worked together with the mural paintings designed, according to tradition, by Nicolau Nasoni. The church houses two valuable pieces: a 17th century monstrance and a 16th century sculpture of the Virgin of a vernacular character.

Museu das Caves de Santa Marta de Penaguião

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Rua dos Combatentes, 36
5030-477, Santa Marta de Penaguião

Santa Marta de Penaguião

The museum presents old and interesting pieces related to the history of the winery, while visiting you can taste some of the best wines in the region. The gathering continues in a pleasant room with space for large groups, where the best of typical cuisine can be enjoyed.

Pelourinho de Gouvães do Douro

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EN589
5085-242, Gouvães do Douro

Sabrosa

Two square steps are the base of this pillory with a smooth cylindrical shaft and voluminous capital, on which the square "cage" sits with a prismatic plumb in each corner and a pyramidal finish.

Pelourinho de Provesende

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Largo da Praça
5060-251, Provesende

Sabrosa

Pillory supported on five octagonal steps with a chamfered shaft, a quadrangular cage with a rude device and a massive crown, from which the conical top emerges. It has a weather vane dating from 1765.

Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Saúde

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Rua da Amoreira
5060-405, São Lourenço de Ribapinhão

Sabrosa

Pilgrimage sanctuary, next to the hot spring. It consists of a chapel, fountain, Casa dos Milagres, cross, bandstands and surrounded by a wooded park. Mannerist chapel with a longitudinal plan consisting of a single nave and chancel, inside with a high choir, built-in confessionals, pulpits, two side chapels with rococo altarpieces and a neoclassical main altarpiece. The cruise is from the 19th century, with a column with a smooth shaft, a square capital and a Latin cross with a sculptural group.

Igreja Paroquial de Parada do Pinhão / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição

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Largo da Igreja
5060-109, Parada de Pinhão

Sabrosa

Late-baroque church with chancel. The ceilings are made of wood and there is a bell tower attached to the left side facade and a sacristy to the opposite. Inside it has a high choir on columns, a baptistry on the Gospel side, four confessionals, a pulpit on the Gospel side, and two altarpieces and the late-Baroque main altarpiece and two collateral altarpieces.

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