Visit the Cinema-Theater Messias - Mealhada

The Cine-Teatro Messias, is the Municipal Theater of Mealhada. This cultural equipment appeared due to the decline of the old "Theatro Mealhadense", building next to the old passage of level at the rear of the city council, presented in 1943. The industrial Messias Baptista, seeing that the old theater commission did not understand, decided to construct a new building next to the new variant of the national road. The new building was to be designed by architect Raul Rodrigues Lima, who also designed the Cinearte cinema in Lisbon, the Monumental Cinema, also in Lisbon and the Cine-Teatro Covilhanense, which resemble the Cine-Teatro Messias. The work was inaugurated on January 18, 1950, under the name Cine-Teatro de Mealhada and was attended by high representatives of the region highlighting the then substitute of the civil governor of Aveiro, Fernando Marques.The name that remained in the memory, Cine-Teatro Messias, in honor of its founder, was also due to the neon that the spade contained the word "MESSIAS". The original building, consisting of three floors, a technician and two publics, had a separation between rich and poor, the architect's personal, from there the audience and the counter, with a total capacity of 600 seats, two ticket offices and two different bars, this separation never resulted because the settlement was small and everyone knew each other and was very indifferent to their social status. The projection room was known to be cold and because the wooden chairs were very uncomfortable, it was also built in double wall for better soundproofing. Every time there was a show, whether it was a movie theater or a theater, the volunteer fire brigade was sentinel for the protection of the people and the building. The first piece on the scene was "Quem mandanda são ellas" with the cast of Vasco Santana, Maria Matos, António Silva, Irene Isidro and Henrique Santana.

Visit Casa Museo Prato Custodio - Bunheiro

The House Museum Custodio Prato, was created by the Folklore "The Peasants of Beira Ria
revitalizing the typical house Custodio dish as it was known, had left in his will to the local parish.
After years of collecting and preserving the traditions and customs of the region in 1991 begins the recovery of the house and was opened in 1996 this home porch where we can find the Arabic influences. The house is surrounded by Quinteiro which is limited by the corrals, barns, walls and wooded vegetation.
When you visit the House Museum "Custodio Saucer, you can learn or remember, through 23 exhibition halls, the professions and activities have disappeared in time and re-created here, traditions, customs and even envision a set of objects linked to ethnography of the people in Aveiro who worked on land, river and sea.
The House Museum is located in the Town of Bunheiro.

Visit the Chapel of St. Simon - Bunheiro

The Chapel of St. Simon (Chapel Furnace), located in the Town of Bunheiro, was erected in 1609 by Father Simon Fernandes Alley. The Chapel has a circular plan, with a hemispherical dome with only a small cord to limit the line of the wall. The door is flanked by two small peepholes.
Above the cornice, to the right of the door, rises high cloth bell.
This chapel was classified as a building of municipal interest in 1993.

Visit the Chapel of St. Sylvester - Bunheiro

The Chapel of San Silvestro, located in place with the same name, in the Town of Bunheiro, was built in 1691 and completely rebuilt in 1936.

Visit the Chapel of Saint Gonçalo - Bunheiro

The Chapel of Saint Gonçalo, in the Town of Bunheiro, was built in 1886.

Visit the Pier of the beast - Bunheiro

Margin source of the Ovar channel of Ria de Aveiro, Town of Brunheiro is the pier of the Beast, as well as excellent local and vision that allows the estuary near the pier for those who enjoy a walk and the contact with nature can be seen between the marshes, reed beds and woodlands, numerous birds (Eagle Sapeira, long-leg, Tailor), as well as mammals (Marta, Weasel, Gineta, Weasel and otter). A walk that is worth ...

Visit the beach of Mont Blanc - Torreira

The beach of Mont Blanc, situated in the Town of Torreira features a sandy beach with considerable size and has a nearby pine forest together with the sea breeze becomes a pleasant environment space.
Near this beach there is a way for lovers of walks by the sea.

Visit Torreira beach

The Torreira beach is located in the cord that separates the sea coast of the Ria de Aveiro. In a unique beauty, this beach makes it possible to choose between a swim in the ocean or in the calmer waters of the lagoon. With several miles long, the beach Torreira allows space for all who would stand in its sands.
It is relatively common the presence of fishing boats by the exceptional conditions to practice this activity.
Along the beach there is a cycle for lovers of this sport.

Visit the monument to the women of Murtosa (Varina) - Torreira

In the off-Varina, parish Torreira, is the monument to the women of Murtosa. Statue of a greengrocer, highlighting the main economic activity in the county.

Visit Bridge Varela - Torreira

The Bridge Varela cement and concrete, with large openings for the passage of vessels, located in the Town of Torreira, makes the connection between the two shores of the Ria de Aveiro. Visiting this site is worth mainly by the natural beauty of Ria.

Visit the Monument to the Emigrants - Murtosa

The Monument to the Emigrants, by the sculptor José João Brito, located in the Town of Murtosa and is a homage to migrants in the county.

Visit the monument to Admiral James Afreixo

The Monument to Admiral James Afreixo, is located in Pardelhas, Town of Murtosa, the sculptor Henry Moreira, commemorates the lifting of the Murtosa district.

It is a monument made of granite and bronze, one side of the monument has a locket with a photograph of the admiral, one embossed with the arms of the municipality of Aveiro, as well as an inscription: "When the Admiral James Afreixo Murtosa grateful. " On the other side of the monument there is a bronze plaque with a brief history of the elevation of the Murtosa district.

Visit the Chapel of St. Thomas - Murtosa

The chapel of St. Thomas, located in the Town of Murtosa, of great beauty demands a visit.

Visit the Cais da Ribeira de Pardelhas - Murtosa

The Cais da Ribeira de Pardelhas, located in the Town of Murtosa, and washed by the waters of the Ria de Aveiro is a site of great beauty that deserves a visit and provides an afternoon well spent.

Visit the Cais do Bico - Murtosa

Located in Place Nozzle and bathed by the waters of the Ria de Aveiro, the Dock of the bill is a place of magnificent beauty. For a perfect ride and contact with nature in its purest state.

Visit the Ria de Aveiro in Murtosa

The Ria de Aveiro, the most beautiful hydrographic accidents, lard, the Municipality of Aveiro. The Ria de Aveiro extends about 45 km long, up from Mira Ovar. In Ria flow into rivers like the Vouga, Aveiro and Cértima. Communicates with the ocean through a bar that leads to artificial waters are affected by the salt waters of the sea and fresh water rivers which affects the flora and fauna of the region, and transforms this space into a very important habitat.
The Ria de Aveiro has a great diversity of natural habitats, "estuaries, lagoons, mudflats and sands exposed at low tide, Atlantic salt meadows, forests, dune Pine - (Pinus pinaster) and Pinheiro - Meek (Pinus pinea), bog high active freixiais (from Fraximus angustifolia), oak (Quercus fraginea) and many others. "
Ria de Aveiro: A story that speaks for itself. Environment Forum. Port: Group Forum. 1999, paragraph .59.
There are numerous species to be protected in the Ria de Aveiro, including the Otter (Lutra lutra), as well as fish species: plaice, sole, sea bass, mullet and eel. In the presence of the bulrush plant is of great importance in making mats and reed, still used today to make the bed and livestock along with faeces, used to fertilize the land. Areas covered by seaweed, are of high biological importance, for as shelter for juvenile fish species.

Visit Murtosa

The Municipality of Aveiro, belongs to the district of Aveiro. Located in the coastal strip about 80 km from Porto and 30 km from Aveiro and borders the counties of Ovar, Estarreja, Albergaria-a-Velha and Aveiro. It consists of 4 Parishes: Aveiro, Torreira, Brunheiro and Monte. The Municipality was established on 29 October 1926.

The origin of this county is a major topic of discussion. This is because their primitive word has undergone major changes with the evolution of the English language.
The story goes that this was a land of 'fire death' land 'focus mortuary' land mortuary; mortuosa land, a land mortosa; mortosa; Murtosa.
It was said the fire killed the couple that was uninhabited and where the fire had gone out, and by generalization: all the land uncultivated or uninhabited. This word that the crisis and alleviate phonetics: land-Mortus - MORTOSA. In the old manuscripts which are passed, the toponym of our sponsorship comes at every turn, spelled differently even in their own official documents: - MORTOOZA; MORTTOZA; MORTOZA; MURTOOZA, MURTOZA; MURTUOZA. For the phonetic laws, is vulgar conversion of the unstressed vowel U, and the archaic spelling, often duplicating the tonic vowels. So it would have slanted in MURTOSA. The dead land, desolate plain, almost vegetative life, that the gales, cruel and desolate, beat more often in FREIMA jagged coastline.
This designation of "dead land", due to the fact that this area be called Waterfront Marine are in full uniform and homogeneous character of the association of its geological structure and ethnic diversity. The same harmony in all the confusing details of the whole. Even your flooring plant is perfect look similar. And fall in currency cenezoica modern training. Sedimentary in nature, emerge today at the former Gulf shipping, recessed still well defined, under the action of powerful forces, erosive and constructive.

Gastronomy

The region of Ria, Aveiro and is an area relevant to gastronomic wealth.
The eel is the most popular fish from Ria and invented around him without regard to income, and the eel stew (which can also be fried or marinated in sauce), the most emblematic dish. Moreover, the canning industry was associated with eel, and is one of the engines of the economy Murtoseira.

Holidays and Festivals
In County:
Festival of the Lamprey
Eel Festival

In Town Torreira:
Sao Palo - September 8
Feasts of Our Lady of Peace - 3rd Sunday in August

In the Town of Bunheiro:
São Gonçalo - January 10
São Brás - February 3
Matthew - September 21
St. Simon - 28 October
São Silvestre - December 31

In the Town of Murtosa
Feasts of Our Lady of the Nativity - August
St. Lawrence - August 10

In the Town of Mount:
San Antonio - June 13
Feast of Our Lady of Good Voyage - End of July early August
Santa Luzia - December 13
St. Stephen - December 26


The Visit

In County:
Ria de Aveiro

In the Town of Murtosa:
Cais do Bico
Cais da Ribeira de Pardelhas
Old City Hall Building
Old Building Slaughterhouse
Chapel of St. Thomas
House of Scout
Tavares House Gravato
Recreation Center Murtoense
Fountain of Outeiro da Maceda
Church Pardelhas
Church of the Nativity of Our Lady (Mother of Murtosa)
Monument to Admiral James Afreixo
Monument to the millennium of the birth of Our Lady
Monument to Bishop of Porto D. Francisco Rendeiro
Monument to the Emigrants
Monument to Moliceiro
Monument to Father António Morais da Fonseca
Monument to the dead of World War
Quinta da Caneira
Santa Casa da Misericordia of Aveiro
Headquarters Marine Sport Murtoense
Farms of South Beach

In Town Torreira:
Church Torreira
Chapel of Our Lady of Peace
ArteViva (School Vieira Pinto)
Bridge Varela
Hangar on Mont Blanc
Roundabout sculpture Varela
Monument to Women of Aveiro (Varina)
Chapel of St. Paio
Torreira beach
Beach of Mont Blanc
Beach Muranzel

In the Town of Bunheiro:
Pier of the Beast
Chapel of Saint goncalo
Chapel of St. Sylvester
Chapel of St. Simon (Chapel of the Oven)
Casa Museo Prato Custodio
Cruise
Shipyard Ribeiro do Gago
Source São Gonçalo
St. Matthew's
Monument to Father Domingos Pinho

In the Town of Mount:
Chapel of St. Stephen
Monte Church
Monument to Fireman
Capela de Santa Luzia
Building Confectionery & Photo Guedes

Where to Eat

In the Town of Aveiro:
Cafe Restaurant "Moliceiro"
Pizzeria Fair 5
Restaurant "Chávega Sea"
Restaurant "The Beak"
Restaurant "The Yard"
Primavera Restaurant
Snack Taska "The Lighthouse"
Tasquinha S. Lawrence

In Town Torreira:
"Concha"
Typical Cellar "The Tasco Ti Alberto"
Jardins da Ria
Pizzeria Romana
Restaurant "The Varina"
Restaurant "Porch Ria"
Restaurant Avenida da Praia "
Restaurant "Bastos"
Restaurant "Moliceiro"
Restaurant "Alberto"
Restaurant "The Villa"
Restaurant "The Scooter"
Restaurant "Wave of the Sun"
Restaurant "Passoeira"
Restaurant "Rubirosa"

In the Town of Bunheiro:
Tasca's Alcina


Where to Stay

In Town Torreira:
Residential Alber-Tina
Pousada da Ria
Camping Torreira
Jardins da Ria