Visit the Fifth of Knysna - Avintes

Visit River Beach Areinho - Avintes

The Areinho River Beach, located in the Town of Avintes has a very considerable stretch of beach.

Visit the Stone Bridge - Avintes

Visit the nature park of Vila Nova de Gaia - Avintes

The nature park of Vila Nova de Gaia, located in the Town of Avintes is an area of agro-forestry county, with 35 acres where they live in the wild hundreds of species of animals and plants.
The park is also a small nature reserve of fauna and flora, more than 40 species of wild birds nesting in the Park and many others visit it during the migration, from which we can highlight the Pope-flies and herons. Since the main species of mammals are the fox, weasel and genets.
The amphibians of the Park have few endemics of the Iberian Peninsula, as the salamander-Lusitanian, the Iberian frog, the newt-de-orange belly, among others.
Among reptiles the focus is on the lizard-in-water, also endemic.
At the River fever, which spans the 35-hectare nature park, also has two endemic species of fish: roach and boga-the-north.
Also part of the park facilities for recovery of wild animals found injured or held illegally in captivity, and a nursery that annually produces thousands of plants.

Visit the Monument to Volunteer Firefighter - Avintes

The Volunteer Firefighter Monument located in the Town of Avintes, is the sculptor Manuel Pereira da Silva.

Visit the Monument to the Athlete - Avintes

The Monument to the Athlete, located in the Town of Avintes, is the sculptor Manuel Pereira da Silva, and was opened in 1973 in celebration of the golden anniversary of the Football Club Avintes.

Visit the Monument to Padeira - Avintes

The Monument to Padeira Avintes, bronze sculpture based on a built in carved granite, was designed by the sculptor Henry Moreno. This is a piece in bronze, life size, which opened in 1974.

Visit the Zoo St. Ignatius - Avintes

Zoo in St. Ignatius, located in the Town of Avintes live more than 200 species of exotic animals, many endangered in the wild, specially designed to give them the best living conditions. This zoo covers an insectarium (more than 40 species), a reptile (more than 30 species), raptors and birds of the rainforest, among others. It also has a playground, picnic area, a forest with two hectares, a romantic garden harmoniously flowers, a tropical greenhouse, an educational farm and a house-museum of the century. XIX which can be visited.

Visit the Garden Valentine - Avintes

Visit the Church of Avintes

The Church of Avintes was built in 1787 to replace the older one.
This church has a modest facade, but very harmonious architectural lines. By the middle between the trusses, has almost the apex of the pediment a niche where the statue of St. Peter, beneath the window of curved lines of the chorus and the main door of which stands out among the ornaments, the insignia of papal patron.
Beside the tower stands, slightly misaligned facade topped by a quadrangular pyramid, where 4 bells of recent manufacture. The whole building is covered with old tiles.
The interior features side altars, especially of the Lady of the Rosary, the others are the altars of Santa Ana and Senhor dos Passos.
The church was painted by Feliciano Joaquim da Costa Braga. This painting is still prevalent, only the roof has been restored and renovated. The old chestnut staves was painted white and had, on the side moldings, colored ornaments stood out among them twelve stools of fantasy, about six of these were angels sitting with flowers and palms in their hands and others testified in polls flowers, the center opened up three large rosettes.
The interior is decorated with gilded woodwork, deserving special attention to the altar of the chapel and the altars in the transept, which are magnificent examples of woodwork. The pulpit, granite base, has a simple wooden balustrade. Four large windows and the door of the facade to let in natural light, highlighting the beauty and harmony of this church.
As for stuffing, deserves special mention in a wooden image of Our Lady and Child, probably the century. XIV, and the Santa Ana, the same material, dating from the century. XVIII.
Regarding the organ is likely to have been brought from the chapel of the Church of the Third Dominicans.
In the sacristy are the oil paintings of deceased avintenses three in Brazil and in his will, do not forget the most important guilds, as well as some parish priests who were once there.

Visit the Zoo House Museum St. Ignatius - Avintes

Visit the Chapel of the Lord of the Afflicted - Avintes

The Chapel of the Lord of the Afflicted, belonging to the Town Avintes and situated in the churchyard is modest. It has a round door with a cross to shoot it. Inside, there is a small altar with an Ionic column on the capital that has the date 1662, on this, based on a cross with the image of Christ carved in the same stone, below, the shaft, is the Lady of Sorrows. The two wooden angels and holy water from the sink are the only decorative elements of this chapel.

Visit the Chapel of the Lord's Palheirinho - Avintes

Visit the Chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres - Avintes

The Chapel of Our Lady of Joy, located in the Town of Avintes has a very simple architecture. The altar is not a style defined with the cocktail of carvings that compose it. It consists of four twisted columns surmounted by capitals, and in the center there is a niche framed with the painting of the Virgin Mary to flee to Egypt. This chapel has been built in the century. XVI.

Visit the Chapel of the Fifth of Knysna - Avintes

The Chapel of the Fifth of Knysna, located in the Town of Avintes, has a grandeur worthy of mention. Dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola has a Baroque facade and an altar-neoclassical style with four columns surmounted by capitals of Ionic influence. At the center of an oil painting depicting the miracle of the Virgin appeared when the patron saint, the two sides corbels have the image of St. Ignatius and St. Francisco Xavier.

Visit the Chapel of the Quinta da Gandra - Avintes

The Chapel of the Quinta da Gandra, located in the Town of Avintes is baroque. Displays at the summit with a magnificent cross flanked by flush fire pits, rosacea on the door, is decorated with a thin cord.
Inside, we found a beautiful altar with two columns with Corinthian capitals and corbels side. At noon, the image of Our Lady of Mount Caramel, whose niche is framed with fine carvings and acanthus leaves, beneath the Lady of Sorrows. It should be noted the beauty of the eardrum, typically eighteenth century.

Visit Pier Estero - Avintes