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The Infante Bridge is a road bridge that connects the Town of Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia) in Porto, the Douro River.Named for Prince Henry, born in Porto, is the latest and, according to many, the most slender bridge linking Porto and Gaia. It was built to replace the upper deck of Luis I Bridge, but converted to use the "Yellow Line" (St John Hospital / D.João II) Metro do Porto.
Dom Luis Bridge, which connects the Town of Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia) in Porto, the Douro River, was built beside the site where once stood the old suspension bridge has two decks supported by an imposing iron arch and five pillars.The arch is formed by two parabolic curves diverge. The upper deck is based on meetings and stonework on the three pillars on each bank of the River. In total 3000 were spent tons of iron, and 172 meters of them are 45 meters of rope and are an arrow components of the arch of the bridge.
The Monastery of Serra do Pilar is a historic monument, located in the Town of Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia).The start of construction took place in 1538 and ended in 1670 with the completion of the church of Our Lady of Pilar. At first, by order of King John III.Later, during the Civil War of 1832-1834, the liberal army settled in the monastery, arguing that its troops were besieged in the city of Porto.
The Garden of the Hill, located in the Town of Santa Marinha, has a wide variety of vegetation, where there is a lake. Highlight for gazebo with panoramic views.
The Church of Santa Marinha, is a sixteenth-century temple, whose foundation is attributed to D. Alfonso II, which was fully repaired in 1745, at the risk of the architect Nicholas Nazoni.It is a broad church and with enough light and is endowed with beautiful images of wood, most notably, the Lord Jesus Crucified, with 8 feet, resting on a wooden cross of ebony, which is an altar itself and which never was possible to identify its author.In the main altar, are four paintings on the walls, framed in rich frames, placed in between the windows depicting the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt and the Adoration of the Magi. The latter, the best feature, it ignores what was its author for not being signed and may be of Nicholas Nazoni ..Still, the main altar there are two nineteenth-century tile panels. representing biblical scenes, although there are advocating for, being the life of Santa Marinha.
The Convent of Corpus Christi, located in the Town of Santa Marinha, has the church centered design, is organized along an axis, with octagonal vaulted nave, the chancel choir to the east and west, crowned by a dome. In artistic terms, especially the four side altars (with images of rare beauty], the Choir-Alto (site of the first phase of the Baroque, consisting of a distributed stalls on two levels, in the shape of "U" and gilt), the roof consists of 49 decorated panels with oil paintings on wood. The imaginary painting and decorating the church (the roof of the choir, the choir stalls and altarpieces backrest) present an iconography that fits the theme of the Order, representing Saints, Doctors of Church, Dominican and other figures, with emphasis on three main devotions, the Holy Rosary, the name of Jesus and the Eucharist. The stalls, the first half of the seventeenth century, for the hours the office for meetings and convent, has the particularity of In each seat, there is a different figurehead, representing blacks or exotic, plant and animal species, and each scroll is a carved mask, each one different from the others, suggesting influences of Overseas Empire.Here lies buried D. Leonor Alvim, wife of Constable D. Nuno Alvares Pereira, and grandmother, Don Aboim Maria Mendes, who died in 1355 and founded the convent, is also here the coffin of Cernache Alvaro Anes, first lord of Gaia, which was Flag Lieutenant Ward Valentine at the Battle of Aljubarrota (1385).
The Chapel of Mr. D'Beyond, located in the Town of Santa Marinha near the foot of the escarpment of the Serra do Pilar, was built in 1877r.This chapel is worth visiting the large gilded ornaments on the altar and the "Miraculous Image. "
The Chapel of the Good Jesus, located in the Town of Santa Marinha, has very ancient foundations of the Middle Ages, and it has undergone great changes and extensions over time will have been the episcopal seat of the Swabians, prior to the Port. For many years held a procession of the people of Puerto headed by the Cathedral, in celebration of that fact.Inside the chapel there is a statue of Santa Liberata, a second century martyr, whose legend is concerned with Gaia.
The Infante Bridge is a road bridge that connects the Town of Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia) in Porto, the Douro River.
Dom Luis Bridge, which connects the Town of Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia) in Porto, the Douro River, was built beside the site where once stood the old suspension bridge has two decks supported by an imposing iron arch and five pillars.
The Monastery of Serra do Pilar is a historic monument, located in the Town of Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia).
The Garden of the Hill, located in the Town of Santa Marinha, has a wide variety of vegetation, where there is a lake. Highlight for gazebo with panoramic views.
The Church of Santa Marinha, is a sixteenth-century temple, whose foundation is attributed to D. Alfonso II, which was fully repaired in 1745, at the risk of the architect Nicholas Nazoni.
The Convent of Corpus Christi, located in the Town of Santa Marinha, has the church centered design, is organized along an axis, with octagonal vaulted nave, the chancel choir to the east and west, crowned by a dome. In artistic terms, especially the four side altars (with images of rare beauty], the Choir-Alto (site of the first phase of the Baroque, consisting of a distributed stalls on two levels, in the shape of "U" and gilt), the roof consists of 49 decorated panels with oil paintings on wood. The imaginary painting and decorating the church (the roof of the choir, the choir stalls and altarpieces backrest) present an iconography that fits the theme of the Order, representing Saints, Doctors of Church, Dominican and other figures, with emphasis on three main devotions, the Holy Rosary, the name of Jesus and the Eucharist. The stalls, the first half of the seventeenth century, for the hours the office for meetings and convent, has the particularity of In each seat, there is a different figurehead, representing blacks or exotic, plant and animal species, and each scroll is a carved mask, each one different from the others, suggesting influences of Overseas Empire.
The Chapel of Mr. D'Beyond, located in the Town of Santa Marinha near the foot of the escarpment of the Serra do Pilar, was built in 1877r.
The Chapel of the Good Jesus, located in the Town of Santa Marinha, has very ancient foundations of the Middle Ages, and it has undergone great changes and extensions over time will have been the episcopal seat of the Swabians, prior to the Port. For many years held a procession of the people of Puerto headed by the Cathedral, in celebration of that fact.
