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Showing posts with label Murtosa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Murtosa. Show all posts

Monday, April 12, 2010

Visit the Church of Saint Matthew - Bunheiro

Visit the Source of São Gonçalo - Bunheiro

The Source for Saint Gonçalo, located in the Town of Bunheiro presents a set of tile panels, and represents the central figure of the Holy which lends its name to the source.

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.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

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.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

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 Chapel of St. Paio - Torreira

The Chapel of St. Paio, located in the Town of Torreira, apparently came to replace the original chapel that was polygonal ground and been buried for having been built on sand dunes. It was on the debris that the present chapel was built in 1878 and was refurbished in 1995 at the same time he became its surroundings in a park for picnics.
The Chapel has altarpieces of the eighteenth century and some sculptures of the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.

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 the sculpture Roundabout Varela

The sculpture held in the Rotunda of the Town Varela Torreira by sculptor Dimas Macedo, made tiles and terracotta and has 4 side elements coated tiles that represent the 4 districts of the Municipality of Aveiro, activities in the field of Ria de Aveiro and the sea associated with the seasons. The column focuses, made of terracotta, have the images of figures carved in bas-relief side.

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 Parish Church of Torreira

The Parish Church of Torreira was built in 1952 as a result it's modern architecture. It has 3 naves, with polygonal chancel and tower in the middle of the frontage.
The Altar is in white stone of ANCA. In the Church you can see the images of San Palo, Our Lady of Good Success and Our Lady of Fatima.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Visit the monument to the dead of the Great War - Murtosa

Monument to the fallen of the Great War, sits on a square of the Parish of Murtosa.

Visit the Monument to Moliceiro - Murtosa

The Monument to Moliceiro, located near the Cais do Bico, Town of Murtosa is a tribute to the typical boat used in the Ria de Aveiro. Space is designed by the architect John Alley.

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.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Visit the Statue of the two thousandth anniversary of the birth of Our Lady

At the entrance of Pier Nozzle, is a statue of the millennium of the birth of Our Lady. In a beautiful environment of the Ria de Aveiro.

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 Church of Our Lady of the Nativity - Murtosa


The Church of the Nativity of Our Lady (Mother of Aveiro) is the first half of the eighteenth century. Austere facade, with a tower that stands on the left.
The main altar has been a church south of the country and was given sanctuary steps and the throne in gilded carvings and entirely new, the date of the end of XVII Century - Baroque era. Two altars flank wall-mounted.


The downsides to the arc angle of post date from the end of the eighteenth century, following the curved strokes eighteenth century. Reserve space holders, which is flanked by 2 columns, completed high cutout headboard, a wreath entanglement with light garlands pending in the lower third.
On the wall of the chancel were placed, as in modern times, 6 large tile panels of hagiographic scenes.