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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Visit the Chapel of Valado - Moura da Serra
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Arganil,
Chapels,
Coimbra District,
Moura da Serra
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Visit the Chapel of Sorgaçosa - Moura da Serra
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Chapels,
Coimbra District,
Moura da Serra
Visiting Souls Valado - Moura da Serra
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Coimbra District,
Moura da Serra,
Shrines
Visit the Monastery of Folques

The Folques Monastery, located in the Town of Folques, is of medieval origin and is situated in a valley near the riverside of Folques, whose elements are the oldest bell tower and the cloisters, the fifteenth century, built in XVII century building.
The monastery has Baroque elements, a second cloister and wooden altars in the church. Dating from the eighteenth century, this church is dedicated to St. Peter and has in its interior altarpieces (main and side) of wood carved in the late seventeenth century, limestone sculptures of the fifteenth century representing various saints, wooden sculptures of the eighteenth century on behalf São Teotónio and a holy water font, Manueline.Classification of Property of Public Interest includes the filling and artistic adjacent fifth.
It is currently deployed in a local vocational training school, which enjoys the rich surrounding landscape of the region.
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Arganil,
Coimbra District,
Folques,
Monasteries,
Ribeiras
Visit the Chapel of St. Peter - Folques

The Chapel of St. Peter, located in the Town of Folques, is an eighteenth century building. Initially, this chapel belonged to the monastery of Folques.
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Arganil,
Chapels,
Coimbra District,
Folques
Visit the River Beach Coja

The Coja River Beach is one of the natural beauty of this village has been designated as "princess of Alva." It is a place of passage for those wishing to experience the beauty that the mountain area is closed.
It is a river area that is fit for the practice of bathing activity. It consists of a dam that created at the bottom, a "mirror pool", and whose banks are composed of a sand that allows bathers to stay near the water. The upper part is formed by a sheet of water, which allows, besides the bathing activity, some recreational activities like canoeing, pedal boats and fishing.
The margins, and surrounding the river beach is refreshingly by poplar and alder trees.
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Beaches,
Coimbra District,
Coja,
Rio Alva
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Visit the Roman Bridge - Coja
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Bridges,
Coimbra District,
Coja,
Rio Alva
Visit Pillory of Coja

The Pillory Coja was rebuilt with parts recovered from ancient pillory. It Manueline octagonal shaft and capital of cone-shaped leaves.
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Coja,
Distrito de Coimbra,
Pelourinhos
Visit the Mill River Beach Alva - Coja

Praia Fluvial de Alva Mill, located in the Town of Coja, and washed by the waters of the River Alva, has good conditions for the practice of bathing activity. It consists of a dam with a water surface, and whose banks are composed of a sand that allows bathers to stay near the water.
Etiquetas:
Alva River,
Arganil,
Beaches,
Coimbra District,
Coja,
Rivers
Visit the Church of Coja
The Church of Coja has as its patron St. Miguel. In 1758 he began work to repair that lasted almost 70 years. In the year 1841 were sent to the front door, cross the two doors and the door of the choir. Only in 1881 was completed the construction of the main chapel.The facade of the building features eighteenth century lines, with the front line of bases and elegantly trimmed. The main door is flanked by two composite basin with a balcony extending to the three slit windows of the choir, which have eaves on curved paths. It has a niche in the shape of a miniature church that dominates the central window, signing up in the gable. The tower on the right, shoot, in masonry, and bulbar form of the same general type.
The casting of a big bell, a small grid and the front of the church, were completed in 1887.
Inside the temple, are works of religious art of great value and taste of eighteenth-century altarpieces, though executed in the century. XIX.
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Bells,
Churches,
Coimbra District,
Coja
Visit Source Coja
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Coimbra District,
Coja,
Sources
Visit the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Ribeira - Coja
The Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Ribeira, located in the Town of Coja, by Ribeira da Mata have been originally built in the sixteenth century but was redeveloped in the nineteenth century, however the door and window are from the eighteenth century. Altarpiece of gilded wood and polished chrome, the late eighteenth century, the ornate shells, four columns. In the central niche, a limestone sculpture of the virgin with child, the sixteenth century.
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Chapels,
Coja,
Distrito de Coimbra
Monday, October 4, 2010
Visit the Chapel of the Sepulchre of the Lord - Coja
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Chapels,
Coja,
Distrito de Coimbra
Visit the Chapel of St. Anthony - Coja
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Chapels,
Coja,
Distrito de Coimbra
Visit the Alminhas of Coja
Etiquetas:
Arganil,
Coja,
Distrito de Coimbra,
Shrines
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