Visit the Convent of St. Anthony of Alva - Vila Cova de Alva

The Convent of St. Anthony of Alva, located in the Town of Vila Cova de Alva, is now private property.

This monastery has its highest elevation in the cloister of the eighteenth century, divided into two distinct parts: the Church, which has in its interior altarpieces national style, an organ with Rococo elements, among other points of interest, and the convent building, much changed, but where one can still observe the remains of the Chapter Room, the Dining Hall, the dormitory and the Cloister of five bays and small dimensions, whose ground floor is still intact. This consists of the Tuscan order columns that are based on a wall.

The first stone of the convent was launched on September 21, 1713. The arrival of the religious case, however, a year earlier, on March 19, 1712, in order to construct the building. This will have been completed on 24 February 1723, when it is translated from the Blessed Sacrament, accompanied by the religious, to the convent. The reason will be built this monastery in Vila Cova de Alva is still unexplained, although they suggest some conditions that have contributed to this building: the proximity of two other religious communities in Folques (with the Crosier Monastery) andLittle town of Beira (with the Franciscan Convent), the existence of a religious life more or less intense, the weather and water, among others.

Visit the Roman Bridge Vila Cova de Alva

Visit Pelourinho Vila Cova de Alva

Pelourinho de Vila Cova de Alva, is constructed in granite Manueline.

Pelourinho is the octagonal shaft, topped by needle square ornamented.

Visit the Church of Mercy - Vila Cova de Alva

The Church of Mercy, located in the Town of Vila Cova de Alva, have been built in the eighteenth century. Unfortunately her condition deteriorated led even the total destruction of the interior.

The façade baroque, eighteenth century, shows two areas, one rectangular, the portal that frames with pilasters flanked by fins.The pediment is interrupted by a door quadrilobado.

The gable, as the pediment is interrupted by a niche that still boasts a sculpture of the Virgin and Child, dating from the XV-XVI century.

Visit the Church of Vila Cova de Alva

The Church of Vila Cova de Alva have been built in the early eighteenth century, as evidenced by an inscription on its facade with the date 1712.

The portal of this church is going and is accompanied by rectangular pilasters with top finial-shaped niche. It has four windows with pedimented gable and the line has to be cut by the pedestal of the cross. It has a Chancel and two other chapels cut into the body. Their altars are from the first half of the eighteenth century, the national style. Its patron saint Our Lady of the Nativity.

The reconstruction, which occurred in 1952, led to changes in the church tower, stripping it of the balcony which stood at the top, in harmony with the architectural ensemble consisting of the churchyard, and building the spire which we see today.

Visit the Soul of Vila Cova de Alva

Visit the Roman Bridge Cartamilo - Tan

The Roman Bridge Cartamilo on the Ceira River, connects the Town of Teixeira (Arganil) to the Town of Fajão (Pampilhosa da Serra).

Visit the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem - Tan

Visit the River Beach Peneda Talhada - Secarias

Praia Fluvial Peneda Talhada, is located in the Town of Secarias. The name of this beach comes probably exist in a vast array of stone that rises up from the river about 18 meters.

Visit the River Beach Castanheira - Secarias

The beach of the river Cascalheira is located about 500 meters from the town of Secarias.

Visit the Church of Secarias

Visit the Chapel of San Miguel - Secarias

Visit the beach Valeiro Boat - Sarzedo

The beach of river "Valeiro the boat" is located in the Town of Sarzedo on the right bank of the River Alva.

The landscape level are evidenced their reservoirs with particular focus on the next to the bridge, which by its natural characteristics allows the location of the river beach.

The surrounding area is lined by cottonwoods, willows, alders and oaks. Near the beach there is a campsite.

Visit the Bridge Sarzedo

The Bridge Sarzedo located on the River Alva.

Visit the Church of Sarzedo

The Church is the patron Saint Sarzedo John the Baptist. This church is a building of granite santa Oval and of red sandstone. Its construction dates from the latter half of the eighteenth century.

The facade, gable mistilínio track, shows the tower on the right.Cyma curved door and stopped, with choir window frame cut.

Visit the Fountain Square of the village square - Sarzedo

Visit the Bridge Mucela - Saint Martin Cork

Mucela The Bridge, located in the Parish of St. Martin of Cork, is an outstanding example of Gothic civil architecture. It was built in 1298 to replace a Roman. It has four arches, two on the big river with strong and prominent Talhami starling and two decreasing in size to the side of the village.

Visit the Church of St. Martin in Cork

The Church of St. Martin in Cork is a large building, built in sandstone region. Plain façade with high rectangular port, whose cock is the coat of records Wedges, overpowered the choir window and a niche pilasters with sculpture. The side doors are the same path. The tower sits in the middle of the body, oblong, with a narrow faces and ventana in the other two.

The interior displays two chapels open on the flanks of the nave.Dome cover is simple brick. Brick is also the vault of the chancel.The arches of these chapels are carved and cruise the stripe and is the right foot (only the front side) posts bias.

The pulpit, carved with stripes, is based on two consoles, and the time of construction. The main altarpiece, gilded wood, with four columns connected by arches, twisted and tendrils, is the end of the century. XVII. The two side chapels, and all of the same track, made in the second half of the century. XVIII, have two columns, suns and angels acroteriais.

Visit the Chapel of Santo Amaro - Sao Martinho Cork

The Chapel of Santo Amaro, located in the Parish of St. Martin in Cork, was rebuilt in the Year 1880

It features a carved altarpiece remains of the century. XVII-XVIII and the images of Santo Amaro, type XVIII century, which replaced another stolen by the French, and the Lady of the Conception of stone of the century. XVI.

Visit the Pelourinho Pombeiro da Beira

The Pillory Pombeiro da Beira is a rare example of so-called landlord pillories of nobility.
The number of shot, a truncated cone with the arms of the lords of Pombeiro, whose original has been fixed in the crown of the gable of the chapel of Sto. Anthony, was copied and sculpted by Luis Carlos Cordeiro de Oliveira.