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Showing posts with label Pero Pinheiro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pero Pinheiro. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Visit the Air Museum - Pero Pinheiro

The Air Museum is now considered by international critics as one of the top twenty Aviation Museums of the World thanks to the preservation of a body composed of close to 10,000 pieces distributed among three poles: one of them in the Town of Pero Pinheiro, Sintra (AFB No. 1).

Visit the Cascade Fervença - Pero Pinheiro

Visit the Chapel of Morelena - Pero Pinheiro

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Light - Pero Pinheiro

The Chapel of Our Lady of Light is located in the village of Cortegaça Parish Pero Pinheiro, and presents a sober and popular architectural forms, and its interior is characterized by formal simplicity. Its origin dates back to the eighteenth century.

Visit Sintra Air Base - Pero Pinheiro

The Sintra Air Base, located in the Town of Pero Pinheiro, is officially called the Air Base No. 1 (BA1). This airbase is considered by all the "cradle of Military Aeronautics in Portugal. " It is a Portuguese Air Force airfield located at Granja do Marquês in Sintra.

Visit Aqueduct Granja do Marquês - Pero Pinheiro

The Aqueduct of Granja do Marquês originates in the town of Morelena Parish Pero Pinheiro, and supplies the Quinta da Granja do Marquês, current Air Base No. 1. It develops in the NE / SO a total length of 1900 meters (1500 m to the surface and 400 m underground). The longest section is composed of a basket handle arches resting on pillars of rectangular section. The construction of this hydraulic structure is linked to the campaign of improvements carried out in 1770 at Quinta da Granja do Marquês, by the Marquis of Pombal.