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Showing posts with label Coja. Show all posts

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Visit the River Beach Coja

The Coja River Beach is one of the natural beauty of this village has been designated as "princess of Alva." It is a place of passage for those wishing to experience the beauty that the mountain area is closed.
It is a river area that is fit for the practice of bathing activity. It consists of a dam that created at the bottom, a "mirror pool", and whose banks are composed of a sand that allows bathers to stay near the water. The upper part is formed by a sheet of water, which allows, besides the bathing activity, some recreational activities like canoeing, pedal boats and fishing.
The margins, and surrounding the river beach is refreshingly by poplar and alder trees.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Visit the Roman Bridge - Coja

The Roman Bridge, located in the Town of Coja, on the Alva River, has three arches.

Visit Pillory of Coja

The Pillory Coja was rebuilt with parts recovered from ancient pillory. It Manueline octagonal shaft and capital of cone-shaped leaves.

Visit the Mill River Beach Alva - Coja

Praia Fluvial de Alva Mill, located in the Town of Coja, and washed by the waters of the River Alva, has good conditions for the practice of bathing activity. It consists of a dam with a water surface, and whose banks are composed of a sand that allows bathers to stay near the water.

Visit the Church of Coja

The Church of Coja has as its patron St. Miguel. In 1758 he began work to repair that lasted almost 70 years. In the year 1841 were sent to the front door, cross the two doors and the door of the choir. Only in 1881 was completed the construction of the main chapel.
The facade of the building features eighteenth century lines, with the front line of bases and elegantly trimmed. The main door is flanked by two composite basin with a balcony extending to the three slit windows of the choir, which have eaves on curved paths. It has a niche in the shape of a miniature church that dominates the central window, signing up in the gable. The tower on the right, shoot, in masonry, and bulbar form of the same general type.
The casting of a big bell, a small grid and the front of the church, were completed in 1887.
Inside the temple, are works of religious art of great value and taste of eighteenth-century altarpieces, though executed in the century. XIX.

Visit Source Coja

Visit the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Ribeira - Coja

The Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Ribeira, located in the Town of Coja, by Ribeira da Mata have been originally built in the sixteenth century but was redeveloped in the nineteenth century, however the door and window are from the eighteenth century. Altarpiece of gilded wood and polished chrome, the late eighteenth century, the ornate shells, four columns. In the central niche, a limestone sculpture of the virgin with child, the sixteenth century.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Visit the Chapel of the Sepulchre of the Lord - Coja

The Chapel of the Lord's Sepulchre, located in the Town of Coja, have been built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it was later removed from a low point, having been rebuilt in the last quarter century. XIX.

Visit the Chapel of St. Anthony - Coja

The Chapel of St. Anthony, located in the Town of Coja, was built in the eighteenth century. It features images of the saint who gives the name of a holy bishop and martyr of a Santa.

Visit the Alminhas of Coja