Quinta do Paço, located in the Parish of Palmeira, also known as Quinta dos Ingleses, is a house of ecclesiastical and aristocratic origin from the mid-eighteenth century.
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Showing posts with label Palmeira (Braga). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palmeira (Braga). Show all posts
Monday, June 18, 2018
Visit the Quinta do Paço - Palmeira (Braga)
Etiquetas:
Braga,
district of Braga,
Farms,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Fluvial Beach of Palmeira (Braga)
Etiquetas:
Beaches,
Braga,
district of Braga,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Bridge of Bico - Palmeira (Braga)
Ponte do Bico was built during the Fontismo between 1863 and 1867. The bridge was thus known to be at the mouth of the Man River and the river Cávado, in the place known for centuries as Vau do Bico. It allowed the connection in this place between the counties of Braga (parish of Palmeira), Amares and Vila Verde. It has eight arches with full belts, robustíssimos, reinforced by cylindrical talhamares.
Etiquetas:
Amares,
Braga,
Bridges,
Cávado River,
Man River,
Palmeira (Braga),
Rivers,
Vila Verde
Visit the Palace of the Dona Chica - Palmeira (Braga)
The Dona Chica Palace, located in the Parish of Palmeira, is a palatial building that has predominant characteristics of a late architectural romanticism. It was designed by the well-known architect Ernst Korrodi and its construction began in 1915. But it was only completed in 1991.
This building is classified as property of Public Interest by order of February 20, 1985.
Etiquetas:
Braga,
district of Braga,
Ernst Korrodi,
Minho,
Palácios,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Ethnographic Museum of Palmeira (Braga)
The Ethnographic Museum of Palmeira has a series of objects of ethnographic character representative of the rural and agricultural past of the region. It is also constituted by a set of photographs that show a series of landscapes of the parish).
Also worthy of note in the museum are the representative figures of the ancient glory of cycling, the Peixoto Alves, who won the Tour of Portugal on a bicycle in 1965.
Also part of the museum collection are some dresses from the singular Pintado Dress Competition and some handicraft pieces from the former institution of the Work of the Mothers for National Education.
Etiquetas:
Braga,
Braga District,
Minho,
Museums,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Palm Tree Peak (Braga)
Etiquetas:
Braga,
district of Braga,
Espigueiros,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Cruise of the Seat - Palmeira (Braga)
Cruzeiro do Assento, located in the Parish of Palmeira, was completed in the year 1838. It has four series of steps. It has inscribed on one of the faces: "IT WAS DONE AT THE COST OF THE BEIFEITORS. YEAR 1838 ".
Etiquetas:
Braga,
Cruises,
district of Braga,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Fountain of the Bico Bridge - Palmeira (Braga)
The Chafariz da Ponte do Bico, located in the Parish of Palmeira, is implanted in an uneven space next to the upper façade, in a semicircular space with a bench all around. It is a public monument built by the Municipality of Braga in 1879. The water channeled to the fountain comes from the underground source located to the south of this infrastructure and was mainly used for domestic use or to be consumed locally by people or animals.
Etiquetas:
Braga,
Bridges,
Chafarizes,
district of Braga,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Visit the Portelo House - Palmeira (Braga)
Etiquetas:
Braga,
district of Braga,
Houses,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the House of Coucinheiro - Palmeira (Braga)
Casa de Coucinheiro is located in the Parish of Palmeira. Before the present there was another house built in the seventeenth century by order of Captain-master Leonardo Esteves de Amorim Cerqueira Barbosa, which was destroyed by a fire. The present stone of arms, already belonged to the previous one.
Etiquetas:
Braga,
district of Braga,
Houses,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the House of Arrifana de Cima - Palmeira (Braga)
The House of Arrifana de Cima, located in the Parish of Palmeira, is a seventeenth-century building and belonged to João Ferreira Chaves, lieutenant of the militias during the Siege of Porto in 1832. For decades the house was a residence of the Ferreira Chaves family.
Etiquetas:
Braga,
district of Braga,
Houses,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Chapel of the Lord of Miracles - Palmeira (Braga)
Etiquetas:
Bells,
Braga,
Chapels,
Cruises,
district of Braga,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Chapel of Saint Stephen - Palmeira (Braga)
Etiquetas:
Azulejos,
Braga,
Chapels,
district of Braga,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
Visit the Football Field Dr. Augusto Correia - Palmeira (Braga)
The Augusto Correia Football Field, located in the Parish of Palmeira, is of the Palmeiras Futebol Clube.
Etiquetas:
Braga,
Braga District,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga),
Stadiums
Visit the Aerodrome of Braga - Palmeira (Braga)
The Braga Aerodrome, located in the parish of Palmeira, is designated as "Aviation Field", name for which it is still recognized. It was inaugurated on June 22, 1929 with the landing of a single-engine military aircraft "Junker-F13", piloted by Captain Amado da Cunha.
Etiquetas:
Aerodromes,
Braga,
district of Braga,
Minho,
Palmeira (Braga)
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