Meninas de Castro 3

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 ...

CARVALHAL DA REIXELA / REIXELA WOODS

Mata da Reixela is considered by experts as the most important area of ​​native forest in the region and one of the most important of all the Douro Litoral. This forest reflects the dynamic nature of the vegetation and how it evolved ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHÃ DE PARADA I

Large dolmen, made up of nine stanchions, with an access corridor that distinguishes itself from the funeral chamber in plan and elevation, and which originally was composed of three stalks on each side. In its interior are still ...

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...

Alves Redol

António Alves Redol was born in Vila Franca de Xira on December 29, 1911. Alves Redol began to publish his texts long before publishing books, having ...

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.