Visit the Chapel of St. Clement - Algodres

The Chapel of St. Clement, is located in the town of Furtado, Parish Algodres.

Visit the Three Cruises - Algodres

Visit Pelourinho Algodres

Algodres Pelourinho was built in the sixteenth century and consists of five steps octagonal, of which the stem emerges, coilna elegant granite, five or six feet high topped cage.

It is classified as a Building of Public Interest

Visit the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore - Algodres

The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, located in the Town of Algodres is a temple built in the twelfth century Romanesque architecture, Mannerist and Baroque.

This is a church that has a longitudinal plan consists of nave and chancel, although narrower, with coverage inside differentiated false vaults wooden cradle, based on the cornice, with sacristy adjoining the right front side, staggered volumes . The ship's interior is dimly lit windows of two arch profile eighteenth century, appearing in the chapel, two slits in confronting capialço, seventeenth-century building. Main facade gable with bell in three ventanas to truncate the right side being torn apart by slightly pointed arched portal, based on columns, the only vestige of the primitive Romanesque building. Interior choir with wooden pulpit and square with side access via stairs on the side of the Gospel. Perfect triumphant arch, flanked by side altars and gilded polychrome Mannerist structure, following the architectural models by Giacomo Vignola, three axles and the top table. The main chapel has a carved and gilded altar of national style, straight from the plant, three axes, wide rostrum.

Church ranked as a Public Interest.

Visit the Church of Mercy - Algodres

The Church of Mercy, located in the Town of Algodres, was founded in 1621.
Presents a Baroque architecture and has, in the rear of the chapel, a terrace, which is a charming gazebo.
The plant is composed of longitudinal nave and chancel, slightly narrower, with different toppings on false vaults shot cradle, wood, lit by windows on the facade ripped straight and right side door on the axial portal. Gable on the main façade, with the gaps torn in axis composed lintelled portal, surmounted by a pediment stopped, and oculus quadrilobado. On the right side of tower two records set by frieze and cornice, the first and second blind man torn by two ventanas perfect round. On the left side of the Order of the House, two floors, ripped straight evenly spans. On the left side, ripping the "Balcony of Pilate", typical of the Churches of Mercy of Beira. Facades flanked by apilastrados corners and cornice topped on the right side door of the church torn by lintelled platter. Interior with choir based on columns that are part of holy water fonts and storage timber, with access from the rostrum of the Chamber, which opens at the Gospel side by pillars of stone.
It has a square on the pulpit of the Epistle, accessed by stairs on the left side. Perfect triumphant arch, flanked by side altars arranged at an angle, polychrome carved rococo.
The main chapel has an altar in gilded Dom style, straight from the plant side and three are similar eixos.Os altarpieces, carved painted white and gold plant and a straight axis, defined by two columns with Corinthian capitals and plain shaft , Based on consoles, and two pilasters, the center, niche profile countercurved with simple frame and finished top by elements phytomorphic, underlined by a cornice of curved profile page, inspired by Borromini; broken pediment and finial curved backrest, the bench is adorned by "ferronerie and acanthus, based on altar-shaped urn. In the chapel, next to the Gospel, is a triptych painted on wood, representing the center, Our Lady of Mercy and the flywheels the Visitation and the Annunciation, with wooden frames, appearing in the predella, a "Last Supper" ; the whole is surmounted by the table with the representation of God the Father flanked by Ionic columns and fins and surmounted by a cornice and a Crucifix.
This Church is classified as a Public Interest.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of the Mountain - Algodres

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Field, located in the Town of Algodres, was built in the eighteenth century. It is a very simple chapel of longitudinal plan, single space, preceded by open porch and indoor coverage in homogeneous false barrel vault shot, wood.
The principal gable facade is torn by portal lintelled and rounded edges and has a perfect bell back on the right side of the bell with rough treatment.

Visit Typical Village Algodres

The village of Algodres stands in a vast landscape, features dark granite houses and a remarkable pillory attract visitor's attention, as the Mother Church with a lovely image of Our Lady of Mercy and an interesting altar frontal of Seville tiles.