EÇA DE QUEIROZ FOUNDATION

A source of inspiration for the novel "The City and the Mountains", Casa de Tormes, now home to the Eça de Queiroz Foundation, has a strong museological component, preserving the writer's estate and keeping alive the scene that Eça met and ...

Meninas de Castro 3 Dolmen

Half-sized dolmen, probably closed, and amputated by the road, as well as the mamoa that covered it to the east. The slab found on the roof was found about 30m northeast of the monument, serving as a ...

Chapel of the "Senhor do Bom Despacho"

The Chapel of Senhor do Bom Despacho integrates the architectural complex of the Monastery of Santo André de Ancede. The construction of this chapel is located in the first half of the 18th century, reflecting the architectural taste of the time, adopting the ...

Pelourinho da Teixeira

Teixeira Pelourinho, located in the parish of Teixeira, marks the autonomy of this old county, which had a charter granted by D. Manuel on July 17, 1514, and which was extinguished in 1836. It rises on four steps, ...

River Teixeira

The Teixeira river presents a degree of conservation and ecological value superior to the other rivers of the county of Baião. Sliding smoothly between steep slopes, the river Teixeira is accompanied on its banks by tufts of ...

Serra do Castelo

The Serra do Castelo is integrally included in the municipality of Baião, in the transition from the altitude to the headwaters of the tributaries of the Douro River ....

Visconde de Vila Moura

Although better known as Visconde de Vila Moura, his full name was Bento de Oliveira Cardoso and Castro Guedes de Carvalho Lobo, having been born in the House of Eira, place of Vila Moura, parish of Grilo, municipality of Baião, where ...

Valadares Church

Modest temple, of longitudinal plant, with a lower chancel and narrower than the body composed by a single nave. The construction of this church should date from the late 13th century, incorporating various brands of mason, and ...

River Ovil

The Ovil River is an important tourist attraction, due to its clean waters, clean beaches and rich fish. In that country air, it is an ecologically privileged river where ...