Visit the Viewpoint of cages - Pacos Coop

Visit the Chapel of St. Martin of Fandinhães - Pacos Coop

The Chapel of St. Martin of Fandinhães, located in the Parish of Pacos cage, it was built in the eighteenth century. Displays rectangular headboard covered with gable roof cornice framed based on motifs in dogs in curves, scrolls and flowers with four petals and human and animal-figurations. In the center of the side walls and crevices of logs later has dihedral. The current main facade, corresponding to the primitive connection to the ship, still retains all his time with his shot from the gable crowned by a cross. The old hole facing east, on the roof of the chancel is covered by tile panel with a polychrome statue of the Virgin. The triumphal arch, the arch of two archivolts based laterally decorated and placed in two columns to the left addorsed presenting a capital with a snake or a sea monster. The imposed exhibit interlace, spirals and circles connected snared. Inside the chapel, floor paved with footstool three steps across the whole width, having altar tile with the front edge of the Hispano-Arabic. On the back wall, and gilded altarpiece on a white background, arranged in three panels defined by columns and entablatures, each with an image of sculpture: the center of the Lady Livração to your left and right São Brás São Martinho. The inner cover is made of wood painted green, forming a vault arch.

Visit Dam Carrapatelo - Pacos Coop

The Carrapatelo Dam, located in the Parish Hall of the cage, began construction in 1965 and was completed in 1972. It was the first hydroelectric project being built in the national section of the river Douro and is what provides the biggest drop, 36.0 m.
It is a type of gravity dam, lightened by a large circular gallery next to the foundation.
The dam has a height of 57 me a crest length of 400 m.
The total area of the basin is 92,050 km ² and extends for 40 km reach at the end of the amount of hydroelectric Ruler. The total volume of 148 million m³ is stored.

Visit the Alminhas - Pacos Coop