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Friday, January 21, 2011

Visit the Necropolis of Tapado Angel - Village Redhead

The medieval necropolis of the Angel Tapada, located in the Town of Vila redhead, is an important heritage element, unfortunately badly preserved. Only five more graves near the chapel are preserved, the remaining graves are barely visible through the vegetation and some are buried.

Visit the Solar-Soveral Pedroso - Vila Cha

The Solar "Soveral-Pedroso, located in the parish of Vila Cha, has a small chapel.

Visit the Church of Our Lady of Good Tidings - Vila Cha

Visit the Church of the Woods - Sobral Pichorro

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Visit the Castro Fraga da Pena - Queiriz

The Castro da Fraga da Pena, located in the Town of Queiriz, date from the Bronze Age.

Visit Pelourinho Double Mount - Queiriz

Pelourinho couple of the Mount, located in the Town of Queiriz is carved in a coarse-grained gray granite. It has three octagonal steps.
Plain shaft has a square base, octagonal section.
The apex of the pyramid of the shot is girded by a ring of iron rather high. The pillory is dated from the reign of King Manuel I.

Visit the Niche of Our Lady of Miracles - Queiriz

Visit the Shrine of Remedies - Muxagata

Monday, January 17, 2011

Visit Pelourinho Killing

The Killing of Pelourinho, situated in the parish of Kill, was erected following the grant of a charter to this town by D. Manuel II in 1514 and is located in a small square in the center of town.
The Pelourinho is composed of a punch octagonal with three steps on which stands the column of octagonal shaft and smooth, with a square base. The column is surmounted by a body consisting of a truncated pyramid inverted octagonal base on which rests a cage topped by a second trunk of an octagonal pyramid, surmounted by a sphere.
It is classified as a Public Interest.

Visit the Roman Bridge Kill

The Roman Bridge Killing consists of two arches, and was connected to the Roman road.

Visit the Church of St Mary Magdalene - Slaughter

Visit Dolmen Killing

The Killing Dolmen, situated in the parish of Kill, is also known as Orca Corgas of Slaughter.
Have been built in the late Neolithic (about 2900-2640 BC). Displays the burial chamber of nine upright stones, some of which exhibit what appear to be remnants of prints.
The Dolmen Killing is classified as a Public Interest

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Visit the Community Tank Infias

Visit the Pelourinho Infias

Pelourinho is one of Infias Manueline construction of triangular cone, composed of three octagonal steps, also an octagonal shaft with iron ring and at the top, a prismatic body with heraldic elements.

Visit the Church of St. Peter - Infias

The Church of St. Peter, located in the Parish of Infidels, this is a neoclassical building, which has a longitudinal plan consists of a nave, a chancel narrow and low and a steeple and sacristy adjoining. Inside, there is the altarpiece for the late-Baroque and the triumphal arch with beveled arch and pilasters.

Visit the Source of St. Peter and St. Lucia - Infias

The Source of St. Peter and St. Lucia, located in the Town of infidels and a granite construction consists of three bodies.
On the sides features two tile panels with images of St. Peter and St. Lucia.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Visit the Solar Abreu Castelo Branco - Ovens Algodres

The Solar Abreu Castelo Branco, located in the Town of ovens Algodres has a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation.

Visit Pelourinho Furnace Algodres

The pillory Furnace Algodres only shows how the original elements of the lower third of the column shaft, base and shot the cage. It is classified as a revivalist Manueline pillory. Presents a stylized cage that sits on the last ring of the shaft, resting on double stranded conical frame the shot where, with certain elegance, bulky ball terminal lands.

Visit Panel Tiles of parishes - Ovens Algodres

Tile panel, located in Algodres kilns, and dedicated to the parishes of the municipality.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Visit Pelourinho Figueiró Granja

Pelourinho Figueiró Granja is in the sixteenth century and the type Manueline.
It is an octagonal column of granite emerges from a pedestal of four stone steps thick, also octagonal sector. The shaft is 3 feet tall. On the stem, as ornament, a second body, being fitted to extend into diamond, which is tied by a rope with the shield Manueline the corners, also framed by a rope rebordante. Serving as the pinnacle is the armillary sphere.

Visit the Church of Our Lady of Grace - Figueira da Granja

The Church of Our Lady of Grace, located in the Town of Figueiró Farm was built sometime between the thirteenth century and fourteenth century.
The original temple has been very simple. The present temple dates from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, added in the early twentieth century, when the facade was surging and erected the magnificent bell tower.
The main door is facing west. On the right, just-called church, stands the new tower, 22 meters tall.

Visit the Chapel of Copacabana - Figueira da Granja

The Chapel of Our Lady of Copacabana, located in the village of Figueira da Granja, presents a quadrangular building in (or near) and coverage of four waters, (formerly the roof, but after qualifying, metal) and the source in line with a gable steeple to shoot it.
The name of the chapel of origin in South America and uncommon in Portugal is due to the fact that the founder had been a missionary in that continent.
The chapel was founded in the seventeenth century and has a beautiful walled churchyard at the north end which has a short cruise.

Visit the Church of Saint Pelagius - Cork

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Visit Anta Cork

The Dolmen of cork, which is also known as Orca cork or Orca Dolmen House, located in the Town of Cork, has been built between the years 2900 BC and 2640 BC
The camera, polygonal shape, has dimensions of 2.5 meters in diameter and three meters high and consists of eight pillars inclined towards the interior, two of whom are registered. The main entrance, facing it, is preceded by a short corridor and presents part of the mound.
The Dolmen Cork is classified as a Public Interest.

Visit the Solar Sá e Melo - Mature Vasco

The Solar e Melo, located in the Town of Casal Vasco, is a sixteenth century house with four beautiful Manueline windows on the main floor and an elegant balcony.
This manor house was the residence of Cáceres and switched over to the family of Sa and Melo in the century. XVIII and later to Albuquerque of the Casa da Insua Mangualde you put your coat.
This Solar, also known as Casa Insua, is now a hotel Rural.

Visiting the graves of Anthropomorphic couple Vasco

The anthropomorphic graves, located in the Town of Vasco couple are actually an oval and other anthropomorphic. The difference between them is that the grave has anthropomorphic outline of the head and is wider in the shoulder area shrinking in the footwell.
These graves are oriented east to the second canonical rule.
These graves have been dug between the ages VI / VII and IX century.
Graves would be that of adults due to the length of the graves, about 175 cm.