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Showing posts with label Solares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Solares. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Visiting the Solar dos Viscondes de Portalegre - Castelo Branco

The Solar dos Viscondes de Portalegre, located in the Parish of Castelo Branco, built in 1743, is an old property of the family Coutinho Refoios, now owned by the Municipality
It is a building of markedly Renaissance brands. Its facade presents a symmetrical disposition with respect to the architectural elements. In this set stand out the bay windows, for harmony and visual beauty.
At the rear there is a garden with flower beds delimited to boxwood and large mulberry trees.

Visit the Solar dos Motas - Castelo Branco

Solar dos Motas, located in the parish of Castelo Branco, is a seventeenth-century building, sober and elegant, built by the Guilherme da Cunha family. It underwent important works of improvement, in the 20th century, housing, since then, the District Archive of Castelo Branco.

Monday, June 17, 2019

Visit the Cargaleiro Museum - Castelo Branco

The Cargaleiro Museum, located in the parish of Castelo Branco, has as its main objective the dissemination, study and conservation of the pieces that make up the collection of the Art Collection of the Manuel Cargaleiro Foundation. A goal that is translated into the promotion and organization of temporary or temporary exhibitions of long duration.
Consisting of two contiguous buildings - Solar dos Cavaleiros, a mansion built in the 18th century. XVIII, and a contemporary building - Cargaleiro Museum is located in the heart of the historical area of ​​the city, in the vicinity of Praça de Camões, popularly known as Praça Velha. The Cargaleiro Museum complements its offer with a set of services, with emphasis on the Educational Service, Art Library / Documentary Center and Shop, as well as a small outdoor amphitheater, with the conditions to host the most diverse activities and shows.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Visit the Solar dos Viscondes de Oleiros - Alcains

The Solar dos Viscondes de Oleiros, located in the Parish of Alcains, is classified as Property of Public Interest.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Visit the Museu do Canteiro - Alcains

The Museu do Canteiro, located in the Parish of Alcains, is located in the Solar dos Goulões, later called Solar Ulisses Pardal.
The Museum has a permanent exhibition with the central theme of the stone, techniques and tools to work this material - namely granite - so linked to the socio-economic history of the Village and the County.
In addition to the permanent exhibition dedicated to the work of the flowerbed, the Museum also presents several temporary exhibitions (related to the theme of the stone) during the year.
The Museu do Canteiro is a municipal equipment.

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Visit the Casa do Arco - Sé (Bragança)

The Casa do Arco or Solar dos Pimenteis, located in the Parish of Sé is a palatial house, is of seventeenth-century civil architecture, ending, on the west side, in a tower. It belonged to the family of Morais, Pimentéis and Bacelares. In 1694 was constructed the vault that united the two houses that belonged to the owner. Already at the beginning of the 19th century, the site underwent expansion works.

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Visit the Manor of Santa Maria - Santa Maria (Bragança)

Solar de Santa Maria is located in the parish of Santa Maria, offering accommodation in Bragança in a seventeenth-century manor house in the heart of the old town, 75 meters from Bragança Castle Gardens. It has a garden with cloisters.

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Visit the Manor of the People's House - Vacariça

The Manor of the People's House of Vacariça is a Manor of the seventeenth century that was the Manor of Viscondes do Valdoeiro.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Visit the Chapel of Drought Cod - Canidelo (Vila Nova de Gaia)

Visit the Solar dos Condes de Resende - Canelas

Solar dos Condes de Resende, located in the Town of cinnamon, was possibly built in the eleventh century, and formerly known as Quinta da Costa. Currently this is installed solar Documentation Centre with a library and archive of the Earls of Resende, Museum Centre of Archaeology, the Marciano Collection Azuaga and even rooms for exhibitions and events.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Visit the Works of Fidalgo - Vila Boa Quires

The Works of Hidalgo, located in the Town of Vila Boa Quires, are the ruins of the unfinished works of a solar century. Century, the Baroque, Rococo cycle.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Visit the Casa do Outeiro - Tuías (March Canavezes)

Casa do Outeiro, located in the Town of Tuías, is a beautiful eighteenth-century solar surrounded by greenery and granite.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Visit the Solar-Soveral Pedroso - Vila Cha

The Solar "Soveral-Pedroso, located in the parish of Vila Cha, has a small chapel.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Visit the Solar Abreu Castelo Branco - Ovens Algodres

The Solar Abreu Castelo Branco, located in the Town of ovens Algodres has a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Visit the Solar Sampaio - Linhares

The Solar Sampaio (or House of Sampaio) is an eighteenth century building, divided into two registers and located in the Town of Linhares. On the first floor on the main façade, facing south, there are three windows of frame crafted to match as many upstairs. Halfway through the doorway there, and above it the main lobby, represented by the outside window with balcony. Above it is evident the Sampaio family crest. In the side walls ripping two large windows, one on each side. In the corners of the building there are four urns in stone.