O Castelo de Alcobaça localiza-se na cidade, freguesia do concelho de mesmo nome, no Distrito de Leiria, em Portugal. Em posição dominante a noroeste sobre a...
The Santa Maria de Alcobaça Monastery, also known as Royal Abbey of Saint Mary of Alcobaça, is one of the Portuguese architecture and historical master-pieces, classified by UNESCO as...
The Moeda Grottoes are located in S.Mamede, near Fátima, and are open to the public all year round. During the visit an area 350m long and 45m deep can be reached, and the temperature inside...
Classified by UNESCO as World Heritage since 2007 the Batalha Monastery, also known as Saint Mary of Victory Convent, is one of the greatest architectonic jewels of Portugal.
The building was...
The Columbeira Castro is an ancient Hill Fort situated in the Roto Valley, nearby Columbeira, in Bombarral region.
This fortification was discovered back in 1962 and probably dates from the...
The Colonel Lake Tomb was made by its companions, paying a homage to the Colonel that died in the great Roliça Battle in 17th of August 1808. The Roliça Battle marked the beginning of...
Localizado à saída da Vila, o Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo impõe-se pela sua volumetria. Fundado em 1598, a sua construção remonta a 1601, sendo o...
Situada no Centro urbano da Vila, a Igreja Matriz de Figueiró dos Vinhos é desde 1922 considerada Monumento Nacional.
Este templo terá sido construído no fim do...
Implantada na malha urbana do Centro Histórico da Vila, a Torre Municipal, também conhecida por Torre da Cadeia, foi declarada Imóvel de Interesse Público em 1982....
The construction of the Leiria Castle was ordered by the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, as way of establish a defensive line against the Moors, yet the wars with Galicia gave some...
The Milagres (Miracles) Sanctuary started to be built in 1732, in honour to a miracle that, supposedly, Jesus had performed in this place.
Once this was one of the main religious pilgrimage...
The Óbidos Castle would have been built by Moors, in a site that had already been occupied by Lusitans, Romans and Visigoths. The first Portuguese king, D. Afonso Henriqus, conquered this...
The São João Baptista Fort is situated in the wonderful Berlenga Island. The small Berlengas archipelago, situated at about 10km distance of Peniche, is constituted by the Berlenga...
Avista-se ao longe pelas suas torres, grandes e verdes, de forma bicuda, que faz deste castelo um dos mais originais do nosso País. Conquistado aos mouros por D. Afonso Henriques, viria a...
The Alvados Caves were discovered in 1964 by a group of workmen from the surrounding chalk quarries that, as throwing a stone to a small hole, realised that it actually was quite deep.
Situated...
Mira de Aire Caves were the first caves discovered in the region, quite rich in this important kind of heritage, due to the chalky soil, sculpted for centuries by nature forces, back in 1947, and...
Discovered by accident by two men working nearby, in 1955, the Santo António Caves are part of a group of caves situated in the Minde mountain range, in the area of the Serra de Aires e...
