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Showing posts with label Monument. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monument. Show all posts
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Visit the Monument of the Seven Fountains - São Victor (Braga)
The Seven Fountains, located in the Parish of St. Victor, with its immense stone-clad ducts, where two people can pass simultaneously, with their subterranean pipes, some in depth and others near the surface, with mines and wells, with the six "houses" - once numbered seven - in which they join, treat and decant the waters are an important monument.
For hundreds of years the Seven Fountains were the city's main water supply point.
Etiquetas:
Braga,
district of Braga,
Minho,
Monument,
São Victor (Braga)
Visit the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - São Victor (Braga)
The Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in the parish of St. Victor, boasts a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to commemorate the solemn consecration of the city and archdiocese of Braque to the Divine Heart of Christ held on May 16, 1886.
Etiquetas:
Braga,
district of Braga,
Minho,
Monument,
São Victor (Braga),
Statues
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Visit The Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner - Salvador (Beja)
The Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner whose model was projected in 1953 for the International Sculpture Competition promoted by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, where it was awarded. The mock-up took place at the Tate Gallery in London. It was also presented at the II São Paulo Biennial, Brazil (Portuguese representation). The project was implemented in larger dimensions in 1994 to be installed in the Parish of Salvador (Beja).
The original work of Jorge Vieira, in bronze, 445 x 300 x 290 mm, is in the Chiado Museum. The replica, also of Jorge Vieira, is made of steel and copper plate.
Etiquetas:
Alentejo,
Beja,
District of Beja,
Jorge Vieira,
Monument,
Salvador (Beja),
Sculptures
Monday, May 21, 2018
Visit the Monument to Catarina Eufémia - Baleizão
The monument to Catarina Eufémia, located in the Parish of Baleizão, in the exact place where she was murdered, honors this rural worker, a militant of the PCP, who was killed by the GNR on May 19, 1954.
Etiquetas:
Alentejo,
Baleizão,
Beja,
Catarina Eufémia,
District of Beja,
Monument,
PCP
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Visit the Urban Park of the River Ul - São João da Madeira
The Urban Park of the River Ul, located in S. João da Madeira, was designed by the architect Sidónio Pardal, and has a total area equivalent to almost 30 football fields, the Urban Park of the Rio Ul is outlined by granite walls. From the inside you can see paths that invite walking or cycling.
Visitors to the Urban Park of the Rio Ul also have at their disposal the House of Nature where there is a bar and a reception room / environmental interpretation center, as well as a space of bathhouses.
Etiquetas:
district of Aveiro,
Ferreira de Castro,
Monument,
Parks,
São João da Madeira,
São João da Madeira (Freguesia)
Visit the Ferreira de Castro Park - São João da Madeira
The Ferreira de Castro Park, located in São João da Madeira, is a pleasant green space, suitable for leisure and recreational activities for all ages.
It has maintenance circuit, mini golf, playground, playground, gerontological park (playground for the elderly) and picnic area.
Also note the cozy bar "A Selva", thus baptized in reference to the work of Ferreira de Castro, writer who gives name to the park, where there is a monument in his honor.
Etiquetas:
district of Aveiro,
Ferreira de Castro,
Monument,
Parks,
São João da Madeira,
São João da Madeira (Freguesia)
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Visit the Black Nails Monument - São João da Madeira
The "Unhas Negras" Monument, located in São João da Madeira, is a symbol of the Headgear Industry and a fair tribute to the "poor hatters." The name "Unhas Negras", the title of the novel by João da Silva Correia, who worked on the fulas and kept their nails tinted black. The nickname came to be generalized and was, for a long time, used to designate the inhabitants of S. João da Madeira.
Etiquetas:
district of Aveiro,
João da Silva Correia,
Monument,
São João da Madeira,
São João da Madeira (Parish)
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Visit the Monument of Homage to the Shoemaker - São João da Madeira
Etiquetas:
Baltazar Oliveira,
district of Aveiro,
Monument,
São João da Madeira,
São João da Madeira (Freguesia)
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Visit the 1000 Year Monument - Vacar
The 1000 year old monument, located in the parish of Vacariça, was erected to mark the thousand years of history of this locality.
Etiquetas:
district of Aveiro,
Mealhada,
Monument,
Vacation
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Visit the Monument of Homage to the Firefighter - Mealhada
Etiquetas:
district of Aveiro,
Mealhada,
Mealhada (Parish),
Monument
Friday, April 27, 2018
Visit the Monument of the Water Garrafões - Luso
Etiquetas:
district of Aveiro,
Luso,
Mealhada,
Monument
Visit the Monument to the Battle of Buçaco - Luso
The Buçaco Battle Monument, located in the Parish of Luso, outside the forest walls, is surrounded by chains of iron linking eight pieces of artillery.
Etiquetas:
district of Aveiro,
Luso,
Mealhada,
Monument
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Visit the Monument to the Fireman - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)
The Monument to the firefighters of Aveiro, is located in the Parish of Vera Cruz and consists of four independent volumes, the main of which is a fireman, a full-length figure made in Bronze. The pedestal consists of concrete blocks. A second volume carries the inscription: "When Fire / MCMLXX" and an epigraph placed upon the Fire Services Day celebration, in 2001.
Etiquetas:
Aveiro,
Aveiro District,
Monument,
Vera Cruz (Aveiro)
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Visit the Monument to the April 25 and nationalizations - São Sebastião (Setúbal)
Etiquetas:
António Trindade,
Monument,
São Sebastião (Setúbal),
Sculpture,
Setúbal,
Setúbal District,
Virgil Domingues
Monday, July 18, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Visit the Monument of the Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin - Our Lady of the Annunciation (Setúbal)
The Monument to-bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), located in the Parish of Our Lady of the Annunciation, is a symbol of the city of Setubal and the Sado River Bottlenose dolphins that come into the group in Sado estuary to feed and who make delight of those who see them jumping out of water.Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Visit the Monument to the People of Bharatpur
Etiquetas:
Bharatpur,
Coruche,
Monument,
Santarém District
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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