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Friday, March 13, 2015

Visit Footbridge Circular - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The Circular Footbridge, located in the Parish of Vera Cruz, joining the four edges of two channels of the Ria de Aveiro, S. Roque and Botirões. The bridge is unique in its ability to allow cross two channels and the shape and design.
The project was designed by the architect Luis Viegas, Faculty of Architecture of the Port and Domingos Moreira engineer who designed the work.

Visit of Carcavelos Bridge - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The Bridge of Carcavelos, located in the Parish of Vera Cruz, is one of the many beautiful architecture of bridges that can enjoy a boat trip on the Canal de São Roque Ria de Aveiro.
This bridge is also known as bridge Valentine.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Visit the Museum of the City - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The City Museum, located in the Parish of Vera Cruz, is the former Museum of the Republic Arlindo Vicente.

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.

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Visit Moliceiro - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

In the town of Vera Cruz (Aveiro) and over the Ria de Aveiro channels crossing the parish can see and strolling in the typical characteristic moliceiros the region

Visit Aveiro Fish Market - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The Aveiro Fish Market, is located in the Parish of Vera Cruz.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Visit Carmo Church - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The Carmo Church, located in the Parish of Vera Cruz (Aveiro) and dated 1628, is what remains of the seventeenth-century Carmelite convent, built in 1613. In the seventeenth century altarpieces were placed in gilded wood, in the eighteenth century the chapel and the front wall and were built in the nineteenth century, proceeded to the destruction of the convent areas and building an altar on one side of the transept. The church contains beautiful sculptures and paintings depicting scenes from the Passion of Christ.

Visit the Chapel of St. Gonçalinho - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The Chapel of St. Gonçalinho, located in the Parish of Vera Cruz (Aveiro) was built between 1712 and 1714, it is a centralized plant hexagonal chapel, where we highlight the altarpieces and sculptures from the early eighteenth century. The noble home of the chapel shows the date 1717.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Visit Fontanário Lord of the Baroque - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)


Visit the Statue of João Afonso de Aveiro - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The Statue of João Afonso de Aveiro, located in the Parish of Vera Cruz, is a work in bronze which stands on a pedestal of quadrangular section coated limestone. Of his left hand hangs a astrolábio.O monument was deployed in Rossio, one of the main points of local sociability, justifying it as a contribution to the planned landscaping of this space in 1959.
João Afonso de Aveiro, participated in the expedition to the coast of Mine (1481) and the discovery of the River Zaire and Congo Kingdom with Diogo Cao's he also associates the discovery of Benin (1486), for a time known as Lands João Afonso or Lands of Afonso de Aveiro.

Visit the station Railways of Aveiro - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The railway station of Aveiro, located in the town of Vera Cruz (Aveiro), has a façade completely decorated polychrome tiles in blue and yellow tones, representing several railway, natural and traditional activities and culture scenes. The building consists of three sections, a central part, three floors, that includes three large doors at ground level and two symmetrical sides, with two floors, having a gate and two shutters of rectangular section. This station is assumed as a good example, at regional level, the style called Casa Portuguesa.
The works via the station began, respectively, in August 1861 and in early 1862, having taken place on the opening day April 10, 1864

Monday, January 27, 2014

Visit the Fountain of Largo da Praça do Peixe - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The fountain at the main square of the Fish Square, located in the Parish of Vera Cruz (Aveiro), and was built in 1876.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Visit the Home of Major Individual (New Museum Art) - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The House of the Major Individual, located in Parish of Vera Cruz (Aveiro), was erected on the initiative of Mario Belmonte Person in 1907 with project architects Francisco Augusto da Silva Rocha and Ernesto Korrodi. Classified as a Public Interest lies and in 2008 was converted to the New Art Museum.