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Showing posts with label Distrito de Castelo Branco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Distrito de Castelo Branco. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Visit the Church of Cork - Vale dos Prazeres

The Church of cork, located in the Town of Valley of Pleasure, is a stone building with a bell at the top center of the facade.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Visit the Sanctuary of Santa Luzia and Santa Eufemia - Silvares

The Sanctuary of Santa Luzia and Santa Eufemia, located in the Town of Silver is composed of a set of images that are distributed in different levels of the central staircase of 143 steps.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Visit the Ponte Romana de Pero Viseu

Ponte Romana de Pero Viseu, which connects the parishes of Pero Viseu and Valverde on the Ribeira da Meimoa, consists of three round arches, with the middle one larger and Talhami, both with granite ashlars, equipped and arranged so that there is a discharge of balanced forces. The rails are made of granite so ashlars paralelipédica. The deck of the bridge lets see some slabs of medium size, belonging to the primitive road.

Visit the Church of Pero Viseu

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Visit the Church of St. Stephen - Povoa de Atalaia

The Church of St Stephen's, located in the Town of Povoa de Atalaia have been built in the XVII century and is regarded as a national monument, thanks to its gilded Baroque altar with various decorative motifs: grape vine leaves, acanthus leaves, angels, boys and birds.

Visit the Solar dos Caldeira e Bourbon - Orca

Solar dos Caldeira e Bourbon is a manor house are lost in time, located in the Town of Orca, and has suffered expansion works in 1867.
Solar currently operates as a Rural Tourism.

Visit the Monument to Our Lady of Fatima - Orca

Visit the Church of San Francisco - Orca

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Visit the Pelourinho Fundão

Pelourinho Fundão is located in front of City Hall of Fundão.

Visit the Church of Fundão

The Church was built in Fundão eighteenth century on an ancient Roman temple. The Church is influential Mannerist and Baroque, has two bell towers addorsed the main facade and its interior is notable for the high altar in gilt and font.