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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Visit Cernache Mother Church

The Maternal Church of Cernache is Renaissance and Baroque founded in the thirteenth century and rebuilt in the sixteenth century, taking advantage of the previous sacristy and chancel. The bell tower was built only in the 19th century. It has a longitudinal plan with a single nave, a chancel and a bell tower and sacristy adossadas.

Visit the Loureiro Chapel - Cernache


Visit the Chapel of Vila Pouca - Cernache


Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Conception - Cernache


Thursday, December 12, 2019

Visit the soccer field of Moita Santa - Cernache


Visit the Ceira River - Ceira (Coimbra)

The Ceira River rises in the Serra do Açôr at an altitude of 1118 meters and is 100 kilometers long.
It flows into the Mondego river at the entrance to Coimbra, then through the parish of Ceira.

Visit the Palheiros River Beach - Ceira (Coimbra)

The Palheiros River Beach, located in the parish of Ceira, is bathed by the waters of the Mondego River.

Visit the Bridge over the Ceira River - Ceira (Coimbra)


Visit the Conraria Bridge - Ceira (Coimbra)

The Conraria Bridge, is an iron bridge over the Ceira River, which connects the parishes of Castelo Viegas and Ceira.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Visit the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption - Ceira (Coimbra)

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, located in the Parish of Ceira, is a revivalist church with a longitudinal plan, consisting of a single nave and a chancel, with a low vaulted roof in the nave and a cradle vault in the chapel. mor. It was built in the late 19th century on the site of an earlier temple. Inside, highlight the sacristy and two tombstones.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Health - Ceira (Coimbra)

The chapel of Our Lady of Health, located in the parish of Ceira, is a chapel of simple construction. The image of the patron saint is highly revered by the inhabitants of the place.

Visit the Ceira Dam (Coimbra)


Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Visiting the Mondego River - Castelo Viegas (Coimbra)

The Mondego river, which flows into the parish of Castelo Viegas, is the fifth largest Portuguese river and the first of all that have its course entirely in Portugal. Born in the Serra da Estrela, it runs through the entire region of the Center (Beiras Region) and has its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean, next to the city of Figueira da Foz.

Visit the Portela do Mondego Railway Bridge - Viegas Castle (Coimbra)


Visit the Portela do Mondego Bridge - Viegas Castle (Coimbra)


Monday, December 9, 2019

Visit the Conraria Bridge - Castelo Viegas (Coimbra)


Visit St. Stephen's Church - Viegas Castle (Coimbra)

The church of Santo Estêvão, located in the parish of Castelo Viegas, has a beautiful landscape, distributed in staggered volumes consisting of the temple and the churchyard, with steps and terraces thrown on the slope. Of very simple typology, it has a single nave, covered with a wooden ceiling, and a rectangular chancel with a cradle vault, opened by a perfect triumphal arch. The two side chapels are covered with stone vaults, and in the chapel on the side of the Gospel stands the back wall, lined with nineteenth-century blue and white tiles of regional manufacture, with scenes from the Life of the Virgin. In the main façade, with triangular gable, looms the main portal, with a straight span, with a simple curved pediment surmounted by a small round window. More interesting is the south façade, with a similar portal, but topped by a raised bust of the Eternal Father. Originally a bell tower was erected on the façade, already replaced in the twentieth century by the present bell tower.

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


Sunday, December 8, 2019

Visiting the Convent of São Jorge de Milreus - Viegas Castle (Coimbra)

The Convent of São Jorge de Milreus, located in the parish of Castelo Viegas, was founded in 1080.
By the mid-twelfth century, the Convent would have attained great prosperity, as appears to be apparent from the great donation that Salvador Viegas made to the cenobium in 1159 of a remarkable array of goods in the immediate vicinity.
What can be seen today in São Jorge de Milreus is the product of a major remodeling campaign carried out from 1526. This monumental Mannerist campaign was one of many Jesuits throughout the country, entering in the institution's government precisely in this 16th century. For the next two centuries, the convent was the subject of numerous partial artistic campaigns, notably the tiled coverings of the church and the chapter room, dating from the first half of the 18th century, and the joanine painting campaign by André Gonçalves for the chapel. love the church.
From 1834, with the passage to the possession of private, Milreus saw his artistic heritage successively alienated, although his space has always had occupation.

Visit the Conraria Castle - Viegas Castle (Coimbra)


Visiting St. Peter's Chapel - Viegas Castle (Coimbra)


Saturday, December 7, 2019

Visit the Parish Church of Brasfemes

The Parish Church of Brasfemes was rebuilt in the mid-eighteenth century. The tower and small readjusted things like a simple toilet, dating from 1677, are preserved from a brotherhood's vestry. The tower is isolated from the back of the headboard. Square, domed roof, from the 17th century, with minor renovations in the 18th century. The façade features eighteenth-century, harmonious lines, piled wedges, dominated by lightweight ballot boxes, and cut gables at the base. The door has curved lintel, molded jambs and the headboard has curved lugs. The oculus is quadrilobated and rich in composition, arranged in a complete myxean cornice frame. Its interior is simple, with a high choir, based on a broken stone arch. The main and collateral altarpieces are of the current type of the second half of the 18th century. In the main there is a small throne, formerly covered by a screen representing the Baptism of Christ, which is today in the nave of the church.

Visit the Mualdes Football Field - Brasfemes

The Mualdes Football Field, located in the parish of Brasfemes, has a capacity of 5000 spectators.

Visit St. Matthew's Church - Button


Visit Palace Source - Button


Friday, December 6, 2019

Visit the Church of Our Lady of Conception - Assafarge

The Church of Our Lady of Conception, located in the Parish of Assafarge, is a baroque longitudinal plan consisting of a nave, a narrower chancel, confronting side chapels, a front sacristy, an annex and a tower adossados. It was probably built in the 16th century and later renovated in the second half of the 18th century. Highlight for the 16th century font and the 18th century bell tower.

Visit the Holy Christ Cruise - Assafarge


Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy - Assafarge


Thursday, December 5, 2019

Visit the Chapel of Santo Amaro - Assafarge

The Santo Amaro Chapel, located in the Parish of Assafarge, is a 16th-century longitudinal plant, consisting of a nave, a chancel, a sacristy and a porch. Features features of eclectic, mannerist and revivalist architecture. It was rebuilt in the eighteenth century and modified in the twentieth century. Highlight for the simple triumphal arch and the cylindrical pulpit.

Visit Assafarge Football Field


Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Visit the Paúl de Arzila Nature Reserve

The Paúl de Arzila Nature Reserve, located on the left bank of the Mondego River, covers three different municipalities: Coimbra in the Parish of Arzila, Condeixa-a-Nova and Montemor-o-Velho, covering an area of ​​535 hectares.
It is one of the richest pauis in Portugal, with an important flora, housing about 300 species, and a rich fauna with 119 species of birds, 14 mammals, 10 reptiles, 9 amphibians and 13 fish. Red Heron, a species that breeds in this Reserve and is in danger of extinction.
The Reserve has an Interpretation Center which comprises various thematic exhibitions and information and dissemination material.
The Reserve provides an observatory to better understand and witness its richness, and it also has visitor support picnic parks.

Visit the Palace Bridge - Arzila

The Ponte do Paço, which connects the Parish of Azila to the Municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, is an engineering work of the 19th century. XVII

Visit Nora de Arzila


Monday, December 2, 2019

Visit the Parish Church of St. Facundo - Antuzede

The Parish Church of São Facundo, located in the place of São Facundo, in the parish of Antuzede, is small.

Visit the Parish Church of Antuzede

The Parish Church of Antuzede, located in the parish of Antuzede, was renovated in the 18th century, following the popular baroque style.
It has a large façade with a centralized door and a high curved choir window. Two flares flank her with a two-opening bell tower, showing the twin double bell tower on her left.
Internally the church is spacious, with a single nave and a high choir. The popular style altarpieces are from the 18th century. The main one has, in the center, a painting of Christ speaking to the children.
On the main altar are two late seventeenth-century wooden images of St. Augustine on the left and St. Theotonius on the right, both in golden corbels.
On the side wall, in a niche on the right, is a life-size image of the 17th-century Renaissance-style Lady of Health, as well as the baptismal font and the hemispheric sinks of the same century.

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.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy - Antuzede

The Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy, located in the parish of Antuzede, was erected in the highest part of the village, its interior has a rare sculptural ensemble, dating from the seventeenth century. This one shows us a Descent from the Cross, appearing the dead Christ, surrounded by the Virgin, his mother, and by Roman soldiers who help him down. The group has seen recent restoration work of its polychrome.