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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Visit the Monument "old tractor" - Izeda


Visit the Mirandesa Cow Monument - Izeda


Visit the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption - Izeda

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, located in the Parish of Izeda, has a longitudinal plan, with the main façade ending in gable superimposed by a quadrangular bell tower.

Visit the Izeda Dive Site


Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Visit the Waterfall of Izeda


Visit the Chapel of Santo Apolinário - Izeda

The Chapel of Santo Apolinário is located in the Parish of Izeda. The temple does not have any feature worth highlighting, except reuse, as a support of a front porch, two columns and respective capitals with a Roman typology.
For this reason the place where this chapel is situated is attached to a Roman site, although on the surface, in its vicinity, no other material remains that indicate the presence of an old settlement.

Visit the Alminhas of Our Lady of the Path - Izeda


Friday, January 25, 2019

Visit the Sabor River - Grijó de Parada

The river Sabor is a river that is born in Spain crosses the Mountain range of Montesinho and several parishes of Bragança, among them Grijó de Parada

Visit to Grijó de Parada Bridge

The Grijó de Parada Bridge is a medieval bridge that crosses the river Sabor and connects the villages of Grijó de Parada to Outeiro

Visit the Penedo de Pena Maior - Grijó de Parada

Penedo de Pena Maior, located in Parish of Grijó de Parada, is a natural lookout that rises almost 300 meters on the river Sabor.
This place has wide views over the valley embedded with that which is often designated as the last Portuguese wild river.

Visit the Penguin Moinho - Grijó de Parada

The Penigueto mill, located in the parish of Grijó de Parada, is situated on the bed of the river Sabor, at present it is in ruins, but still its walls, one or another millstone and the weir.

Visit the Church of Freixedo - Grijó de Parada


Visit the Church of Santa Maria Magdalena - Grijó de Parada


Thursday, January 24, 2019

Visit the Encalada Fountain - Grijó de Parada

The source of Encalada, located in the parish of Grijó de Parada, is a dive source with rectangular plant water box and curved roof, in shale masonry, with front face torn by pointed arch, indoors with tank.

Visit the Cruzeiro de Freixedo - Grijó de Parada


Visit the Chapel of St. Sebastian - Grijó de Parada


Visit the Chapel of São Roque - Grijó de Parada

The chapel of São Roque, located in the Parish of Grijó, is located on the outskirts of the village and every year, at the feast of St. Roque, a ceremony is held for the presentation and blessing of cattle.

Visit the Chapel of Grijó de Parada


Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Visit the Pelourinho de Gostei

The Pelourinho de Gostei is located in Gostei parish.
This pillory has been classified as Property of Public Interest since 1933.

Visit the Church of São Cláudia - Like it

The church of São Cláudio, located in the Parish of Gostei, is now a recent building, located outside of urban areas

Visit the Dam of Enjoy

The dam of Gostei is located in the riverside of Gostei. The dam was designed in 1986 and became operational in 1993
It is a landfill dam (homogeneous earth). It has a height of 35 meters above the foundation (33 meters above the natural terrain) and a crowning length of 238 meters (width 8 meters). The dam volume is 188,000 m³

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Visit the Camping Cepo Verde - Gondesende

The Campamento Cepo Verde, located in the Parish of Gondesende, is inserted in the Natural Park of Montesinho, at an altitude of more than 800 meters, being characterized by being a high mountain area, with many oaks, chestnut trees and cherry trees, which allows to have the alveoli with much shade. Here you can find traces of an old Roman town, being quite curious to visit.

Visit the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption - Gondesende

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, located in the Parish of Gondesende consists of a longitudinal plant composed of a nave, a narrow chapel, and a sacristy and an attached annexe. The main façade ends in gable truncated by a double bell.

Visit the Typical Village of Gondesende

Gondesende is a village and parish of the county of Bragança, with 12.94 km ² of area and 194 inhabitants

Monday, January 21, 2019

Visit the Rio Onor - Gimonde


Visit Quinta das Covas - Gimonde

Quinta das Covas is a rural tourism space located in the parish of Gimonde.

Visit the Roman Bridge of Gimonde

The Roman bridge of Gimonde is a stone building that crosses over the river of Onor, for road traffic. This bridge, which has an eye to give water to a mill, has the easel-shaped tray, resting on six perfect back arcs, equal to each other.

Visit the Ponte de Gimonde


Sunday, January 20, 2019

Visit the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption - Gimonde

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, located in the Parish of Gimonde, is a simple church with perfect round back portal, which is accessed by a staircase. Pediment surmounted by a double bell tower.

Visiting the River Sabor - France

The river Sabor is a river that is born in Spain, soon enters Portugal, crosses the Mountain of Montesinho and several Parishes of Bragança, among them, the Parish of France.

Visit the River Sabor Bridge - France


Visit the Pillory of France


Saturday, January 19, 2019

Visiting Saint Anthony's Church - France

The Church of Santo António, located in the village of Montesinho, Parish of France, uses mostly the same materials of the remaining houses of the village, standing out the shale, even in the cover. This church dates back to the 17th century.

Visit the Mother Church of France


Visit the Fountain and Drinking Fountain of France


Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of the Bridge - France

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Bridge is a small chapel located on the northern edge of the parish of France, next to the river Sabor and the medieval bridge that crosses it.

Friday, January 18, 2019

Visit the Serra Serrada Dam - France

The Serra Serrada dam is located in the parish of França. It is located in the Andorinhas river. The dam came into operation in 1989. It is a gravity dam in concrete. It has a height of 25 meters above the foundation (20 meters above the natural terrain) and a crowning length of 170 meters (width 2 meters).

Visit the Typical Village of Montesinho - France

The village of Montesinho, located in the parish of France, is a typical Transmontana village, located on the foothills of the Sierra de Montesinho, at about 1000 meters altitude, in the Natural Park of Montesinho.

Visiting Albufeira in Serra Serrada - France

The Serra Serrada reservoir, located in the parish of France, has a floodable surface at the NPA (Full Storage Level) of 0.2647 km² and has a total capacity of 1.68 Mio. m³

Visit the Faery Pillory

The Pelourinho de Faílde has been classified as Property of Public Interest since 1933.

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Visit the Trasbaceiro River - Espinhosela


Visit the Rio Baceiro - Espinhoela

The river Baceiro (river Gamoneda in Spain) is an international river that is born in Spain passes through several villages of the counties of Vinhais and Bragança, among which Espinhosela. The Baceiro River is a tributary of the left bank of the Tuela River.
Its valley has lime trees that remain green throughout the year, feed several mills, has in its stretch some river beaches and bridges, between the Ponte de Castrelos and the mouth in the Tuela enters a valley where there is one of the largest spots of country oak.

Visit the Pool of the Casa dos Marrões - Espinhoela


Visit the Monument of Homage to the Heroic Mothers of the 20th Century - Espinhosela


Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Visit the Church of Santo Estevão - Espinhosela

The Church of Santo Estevão, located in the parish of Espinhosela, dating from the 14th century, is a Mannerist church with a rectangular plan, with a quadrangular porch. It has a single nave, main chapel and sacristy attached on the left side. It features unique roofing on two-story roofs, except on the porch where the penthouse is three-story. All the elevations are covered by a basement and cornice, with wedges topped by pinnacles. The interior space has plastered walls and the base painted blue. The tall wooden choir has balusters and access ladder on the side of the Epistle. In the nave stand out: four collateral chapels, with perfect back arc; the access door to the high choir and the churchyard; the sink of holy water and the pulpit on a corbel with balusters.

Visit the Espinhoela Fountain


Visit the Fontanário and Bebedouro de Espinhosela


Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Visit the Hermitage of Santo Amaro - Espinhoela

The Hermitage of Santo Amaro, located in the Town of Espinhosela presents religious architecture, vernacular. Chapel of rectangular plant, composed by nave and chancel, preceded by porch, interiorly with unilateral illumination. Towed and whitewashed facades, with stonework wedges, the main one with the nave and porch finished in gable, the first surmounted by bell and torn by portal and straight wick. Blind left side facade and the opposite with cross door and slot of chapial in the main chapel; the posterior one is blind and ends in gable.

Visit Espinhoela Cruise


Visit the Chapel of Santo Amaro - Espinhoela