BAIÃO - LAND OF CULTURE
LAND OF CULTURE
Baião is distinguishable due to its valuable patrimony, eye-catching landscape and overall rich culture.
Writers such as Camilo Castelo Branco, Alves Redol, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Soeiro Pereira Gomas, Eça de Queirós and the children’s books famous author - António Mota were all inspired by Baião’s rich culture and mesmerizing landscape to write some of their most famous novels. One famous example is Eça de Queirós’s “Cidade e As Serras”.
Baião invites you to visit its rich patrimony, which includes the House “Fundação Eça de Queirós”, the Dolmens of the mountains in “Serra da Aboboreira” and the monastery “Santo André de Ancede” in addition to various other religious monuments, local handmade products, museums and interpretative centres.
Using the materials that nature provides, craftsmen create various utensils, shaping each object to their domestic and agricultural needs. Combining mastery and ingenuity, with expertise and spirituality, make each ...
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, ...
The Bahian religious heritage is rich and diverse. In addition to the Monastery of St. Andrew of Ancede, there are numerous churches, hermitages and chapels that are scattered throughout the county and that over time have helped to build ...
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 ...
Baião is a county rich in history, popular culture, gastronomy and wine, but it is also a land of writers. Over time, men of letters were born in Baião, others became adoptive sons of this county, because ...
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...
