Largo Miguel Bombarda, cross and crow on sidewalk

Largo Miguel Bombarda, Avis, Alentejo, Portugal

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Our Lady of the Castle Church in Mangualde, Viseu - Portugal

At the beginning of the century. XV was raised a chapel dedicated to St. Mary of the Castle on a terrace not far from the top of the mountain in memory of the battlebetween soldiers of Trancoso in Portugal and Castile.

Later another chapel was erected, replacing the first. And the chapel was maintained until 1832, when the enthronement of the image of Our Lady of the Castle in the temple that still stands on the flattened top of the hill, sent up in the piety of Miguel Pais de Sá Menezes.

The chapel building is a simple but sleek lines which highlights the uniqueness of a steep high tower high on the facade. The interior of the temple shows a bright elegantmain chapel altarpiece whose neoclassical flavor rises over high steps. The image of the Virgin with its sovereign boy thrives in Central throne.

http://www.cmmangualde.pt

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Magnificent stonework, Church Rio de Moinhos

Rio Moinhos, Viseu, Portugal

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Magnificent examples of stonework in the district of Viseu, where the portuguese pavement is one reference

Igreja da Misericórdia de Viseu, Portugal

Sé de Viseu, Portugal

Igreja Nossa Senhora do Castelo em Mangualde, Viseu - Portugal

Igreja Matriz de Rio Moinhos, Viseu - Portugal

Igreja de Lages, Viseu - Portugal

Igreja Matriz de Santa Comba Dão, Viseu - Portugal

Igreja Matriz de Mioma, Viseu - Portugal

Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Graça em Sátão, Viseu - Portugal

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Carmo Convent Ruins

The Convento do Carmo and its church Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo do Rio de Janeiro were founded in 1389 as a convent for the Carmelite Order by Portuguese knight Nuno Álvares Pereira. The convent was first inhabited in 1392 by Carmelite nuns from Moura (southeast Portugal). Unfortunately the 1755 earthquake, followed by fire, destroyed most of the convent, its church and library containing 5000 books.

Although the convent was rebuilt (in contrast to the church, the ruins of which still stand as a reminder of the earthquake) in the early 20th century in the Neo-Gothic style, it is now used as military police quarters for the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR). The remains of the church are visible from Praça do Rossio and has distinctive rose window and five flying buttresses. A small museum within the old church is worth a visit, housing prehistoric artefacts as well as the ornate tomb of King Ferdinand I and even a mummified Peruvian Indian.

www.strawberry-world.com

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Pavement design standard in black

Bairro Alto, Lisbon - Portugal

Square on sidewalk overlooking the Bairro Alto

Miradouro S.Pedro Alcantara, Bairro Alto, Lisbon - Portugal

cross design in portuguese pavement

Miradouro S.Pedro Alcantara, Bairro Alto, Lisbon - Portugal

Details of symbols drawn on stone

里斯本

Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon - Portugal