Category: District-Bragança
Posted by Castile in Municipalities , District-Bragança , Churches , More (from A to M) , National Monuments , Moncorvo on October 25th, 2009 | No comments
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mother of Moncorvo (National Monument) (**)
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mother of Moncorvo (National Monument) (**)
"The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, the mother of Moncorvo, stands on the spot where once existed a Roman temple. The majestic monument we see today began at 1544. It is a Mannerist work, stern and harsh lines, with pronounced buttresses and dominated by exuberant ...
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Posted by Castile in Municipalities , District-Bragança , Ash Sword-a-Strap , More (A to M) , VIEWPOINTS , Natural Areas in October 24th, 2009 | 2 comments
Viewpoint Carrascalinho (Parque Natural do Douro Internacional) (Ash Espada-à-Cinta) (*)
Viewpoint Carrascalinho (Parque Natural do Douro Internacional) (Ash Espada-à-Cinta) (*)
The viewpoint of Carrascalinho, in the parish of furnaces, is a remarkable site, overlooking the Douro river canyon and is a "wild place that seems untouched by humans, although they are varied traces of his activity, both in archeological in terms .... agro-livestock
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Posted by Castile in Municipalities , District-Bragança , Ash Sword-a-Strap , More (A to M) , Viewpoints , Natural Areas in September 14th, 2009 | No comments
Top of Pirocão (Parque Natural do Douro Internacional) (Ash of Espada à Cinta) (*)
Top of Pirocão (Parque Natural do Douro Internacional) (Ash of Espada à Cinta) (*)
The county Ash Sword-to-Strap is inserted in its notable points in the Parque Natural do Douro Internacional (***), with its spectacular granite canyon, its wild and isolated viewpoints from where you unforgettable include perspectives and its biodiversity and rare preserved. ... Do
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Posted by Castile in Municipalities , District-Bragança , Viewpoints , Moncorvo on August 23rd, 2009 | No comments
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Castle (Adeganha) (Moncorvo) (*)
Shrine of Our Lady of the Castle (Adeganha) (Moncorvo) (*)
After visiting the spectacular Romanesque church of Adeganha, we head to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Castle (*). We walked along the edge of the Plateau in Adeganha unhide the dirt road that poor car! Of the three "castles" shown by the people-Moorish Castle, Junqueira and this ...
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Posted by Castile in Municipalities , District-Bragança , Viewpoints , Moncorvo on August 16th, 2009 | No comments
Lady of the Castle and Chapel of St. Apollinaris of Urros (Moncorvo) (*)
Lady of the Castle and Chapel of St. Apollinaris of Urros (Moncorvo) (*)
"Serra da Forca is far and ugly. Pasture but has that worth? The past left there crying so much lost as much unburied corpse, so much soul in torment, that even the litanies of spring deviate and go wide. But it is in places so cursed that the people, perhaps to preserve ...
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Posted by Castile in Manueline art , Municipalities , District-Bragança , Ash Sword-a-Strap , More (A to M) on August 13th, 2009 | No comments
Presbytery of the Church of Mercy Sword of Ash-à-Cinta (IIP) (*)
Presbytery of the Church of Mercy Sword of Ash-à-Cinta (IIP) (*)
Situated in the square Jorge Alvares, opposite the Church of Mercy church (**), the sixteenth century, is one of the most beautiful monuments Manueline of Tras-os-Montes. Its facade desornamentada with great staves broad portal to the fashion of Castile, is the opposite of its breathtaking interior ...
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Posted by Castile in Municipalities , District-Bragança , Ash Sword-a-Cinta , Paleolithic in August 5th, 2009 | No comments
Horse Mazouco (IIP) (Ash Sword-to-Strap) (*)
Horse Mazouco (IIP) (Ash Sword-to-Strap) (*)
At the mouth of a small stream that flows into the Douro River in a panel shale outdoors, we find this figure belonging to the Upper Paleolithic. Here the water level is raised and artificialized due to the effect of Dam Spanish Saucelhe. Discovered in 1981 by Nelson Rebanda, still ...
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Posted by Castile in Municipalities , District-Bragança , Forts and Castles , Ash-a-Sword Strap on August 4th, 2009 | No comments
Torre do Galo (Ash Sword-to-Strap) (National Monument) (**)
Torre do Galo (Ash Sword-to-Strap) (National Monument) (**)
Who wanders by Ash Sword-to-Strap quickly notices that the town has in its historical center in the sixteenth century various housing Manueline. These stand out the House of Marauders and the house situated at the beginning of the street Outeiro. The old town streets converge on the Square ... George
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Posted by Castile in Municipalities , Ash Sword-a-Strap , Viewpoints , Natural Areas in the July 25th, 2009 | No comments
Viewpoint Stuck (Mazouco) (Ash Sword-to-Strap) (International Douro Natural Park) (*)
Viewpoint Stuck (Mazouco) (Ash Sword-to-Strap) (International Douro Natural Park) (*)
This site is in the scenic road that descends to the picturesque village of Mazouco. The Douro River and the municipalities of Miranda do Douro Miranda do Douro granite crosses land where over thousands of years ago excavated in narrow valley, the most spectacular river canyon Portuguese, inhospitable ...
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Posted by Castile in Municipalities , District-Bragança , Age of Metals , Viewpoints , Moncorvo on July 16th, 2009 | No comments
Viewpoint of St. Gregory and Castro's Baldoeiro (IIP) (Moncorvo) (*)
Viewpoint of St. Gregory and Castro's Baldoeiro (IIP) (Moncorvo) (*)
About beautiful winding road that climbs to the Plateau Adeganha stop around the corner, because the landscape is very beautiful. After going to see the magnificent Romanesque church of Adeganha (**), dally awhile in Belvedere St. Gregory notes where the lush valley of Vilariça (**), the hill ...
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Posted by Castile in Moncorvo on June 6th, 2009 | 2 comments
Vale Vilariça (Moncorvo) (**)
Vale Vilariça (Moncorvo) (**)
The Valley of Vilariça has an approximate area of 34,000 hectares, constituting a small alluvial plain of 5000 hectares, the river that gives it its name, which rises to about 25 kms in the Serra de Bornes. The valley corresponds to a mega active fracture which crosses the district of Bragança in the sense ...
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