SERRA DA ABOBOREIRA/ABOBOREIRA MOUNTAINS

The Serra da Aboboreira now comprises the administrative territory of three municipalities: Amarante, Baião and Marco de Canaveses. It presents altitudes in general superior to 700 meters, with a climate of Cold Temperate Earth and a continuous geology ...

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, ...

Eça de Queiroz

I remember the meticulous order in which everything that was of my Father walked! [...] on the high worktable were the inkwell, three weighing bugs, the wipers, the crockery and the little pot with a flower.

Arouquesa Veal Chop

Of course, the establishment of the arouquesa calf, an autochthonous breed, is a specialty not to be forgotten by connoisseurs. Who better than the international expert of the FAO, MH French, who already in 1967 affirmed: "The race Arouquesa ...

RIO DOURO/ DOURO RIVER

The river ahead came down, lazy and as if in the heavy May weather, embracing, without a whisper, a broad stone islet that gleamed. In addition the saw grew in sweet humps, with a deep fold where ...

MACC BAIÃO – MONASTERY OF ANCEDE CULTURAL CENTER

century XII – Century. XIX Although the date of its foundation is unknown, it is known that in 1120 this Monastery already belonged to the Diocese of Porto, being linked to the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine. In 1141, D. Afonso Henriques sold the Charter...

Serra da Aboboreira Dolmens

The Archaeological Field of Serra da Aboboreira (CASA) was a project created in 1978, under the responsibility of Vitor Jorge, its mentor and coordinator, with the purpose of creating a permanent work unit, as an active center ...

Capela do 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 ...

Camilo Castelo Branco

Camilo Castelo Branco was born in Lisbon on March 13, 1825 and died in São Miguel de Seide on June 1, 1890. Son of Manuel Joaquim Botelho Castelo Branco, was an orphan mother at two years old and father at ten; was then living ...