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Showing posts with label Fountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fountains. Show all posts

Monday, December 9, 2019

Visit the Vale de Cabras Fountain - Castelo Viegas (Coimbra)


Monday, December 2, 2019

Visit the Quinta do Regalo House - Antuzede

The Quinta do Regalo House, located in the parish of Antuzede, is from the 19th century. XVI - XVII and is built in L-shape. The house belonged to the Coutinhos de Coimbra, grantees of the Bay. The house has a small outer chapel and its interior consists of a single nave and a simple arch serves as the main chapel. By the road there is still a 16th century fountain.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Visit Valongo Fountain - Antanhol


Visit the Hostel Fountain - Antanhol


Visit the Lapa Fountain - Antanhol

Fonte da Lapa is located at the top of Valongo, Parish of Antanhol, about 400 meters from the central square. On August 13, 1944, a fountain fed with this water was opened in the center of the place to facilitate access to the population.

Visit Antanhol Fountain

The Antanhol Fountain is located below ground level, access to the Fountain is via stairs.

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Visit the Fountain of Tinalhas


Visit the Fountain Fountain

The Fountain of Tinalhas or New Fountain, has a pump and a tank spout dating from 1924. Built in granite with a tile coating, carved two crosses of Christ, symbol of Christianity and a manor castle, topped by a crown. Receiving water from the fountain there is a tank where animals drink.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Visit the Sarzedas Shale Path

The pedestrian trail of the Sarzedas Shale Trail, with a length of 14 km, begins in the Schist Village of Sarzedas, next to the Chapel of St. Anthony and runs along the streets lined with emblazoned houses to the Chapel of St. Sebastian, then following the old Roman sidewalk.
Still in the village, it passes through the Mother Church, its belfry and also the fountain, where the inhabitants went to fetch water and where there is still a laundrette.
Leaving the village, the route crosses areas of pines, cork oaks and oaks until we reach Almoinhas and Rapoula passing near the old Tungsten Mines. Further ahead is the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene.
Near Sarzedas, and almost ending, the path passes through an oak tree populated with centuries-old trees.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Visit the Typical Village of Azinheira - Benquerenças

The typical village of Azinheira, located in the parish of Benquerenças, consists of a small house of small size, mostly in ruins, of one or two floors, predominantly the construction in shale. The houses are distributed along two paths that cross north and east-west. The landscape around the village is composed essentially of pines, holm oaks, birches, olive trees and holly trees. There is a close relationship that architecture maintains with the natural environment, which is mainly responsible for the supply of raw materials that served to build the buildings.
The materials used in the roofs are the straw roof tile, the schist slabs and the stem, and shale was also used in the construction of walls and in the walls of the dwellings. In the elaboration of the walls were also used rolled stones that appear interspersed with blocks of shale arranged horizontally, which were then mortared with red clay collected in the place.
The facades usually have an access door and one, or more windows.
In the interiors of some dwellings, usually in low light, the common room with a nook to the fireplace area where it was cooked on the floor stood out. Aldeia da Azinheira, like so many others in the area of ​​Beira Baixa, was marked by a life with a great sense of community, still remaining vestiges of elements very important for the subsistence of the population that once lived here like the well, the source and the oven.

Monday, April 22, 2019

Visit the Quinta da Rica-Fé - Sé (Bragança)

Quinta da Rica-Fé is a large rural tourism property surrounded by nature and located in the parish of Sé that has an outdoor pool with barbecue facilities and a chapel. It is 2 km from the center of the city of Bragança.
The property features an old granite fountain from 1742. There is also a sports area.

Monday, August 20, 2018

Visit the Aveleda Fountain (Bragança)

Fonte da Aveleda features a statue of a Burra and a tile panel with the inscription "Sou d'Ableda and the donkey also."

Monday, June 25, 2018

Visit the Jardim de Santa Bárbara - São João do Souto (Braga)

The Jardim de Santa Bárbara, located in the parish of São João do Souto, is named after the seventeenth-century fountain that is there and is topped by a statue of Santa Bárbara, which once belonged to the Convent of Remedies.
This is a public garden worthy of photos thanks to the flowers with their vivid colors.

Visit the Castles Fountain - São João do Souto (Braga)

The Chafariz dos Castelos, located in the parish of São João do Souto, was built in 1723 and above has a female image that symbolizes the city.