SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF THE ABBEY Located in a pleasant place, where contact with the natural environment is privileged, the Shrine of Our Lady of the Abbey was built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in the parish of Santa Maria Bouro. The Marian shrine belongs to the baroque and rococo architecture and consists […]
CAMINHA Clock Tower, Torre do Relógio - Main tower of the medieval walls of walks, gives access to the Medieval Old Town Walk. Mother Church, Igreja Matriz - Church of Gothic style with Renaissance details. Fountain, Chafariz - Renaissance Monument, the first half of the century. XVI, installed in the center of Terreiro (Square Councillor Silva Torres). Misericordia […]
Situated in the historic city center of Guimarães, near its famous castle, is the Palace of the Dukes of Bragança, a stately building built during the fifteenth century, which is configured as one of the most beautiful buildings of this amazing time in Portugal. The building was built in order to serve for housing of the […]
The Castle of Guimarães is located in Guimarães, District of Braga, Portugal. In a dominant position, overlooking the Campo(field)de São Mamede, this monument is connected to the Portuguese Province(Condado Portucalense) foundation and the struggles of independence of Portugal, being popularly referred to as the cradle of nationality. A National Monument in 2007 was elected informally as one of […]
