Monastery of Arouca

Monastery of Arouca

The Monastery of Arouca is located in Arouca parish, town and municipality of the same name of the Porto Metropolitan Area and Northern Region, situated in the northeast of Aveiro, Portugal. According to documentary sources, was founded in the first half of the tenth century, as a small monastery inhabited by a religious community under […]

Places to Visit, The Historic City of Ílhavo, The Bairro Operário da Vista Alegre and The Bairro da Malhada

Places to Visit, The Historic City of Ílhavo, The Bairro Operário da Vista Alegre and The Bairro da Malhada

Historic City of Ílhavo The old town of Aveiro city is characterized by a former provisions built along narrow streets, alleys and lanes, scenic elements and natural. Bairro Operário da Vista Alegre The Vista Alegre neighborhood is one of the few Portuguese cases, and the first in which a totally private, philanthropic initiative founded an […]

Casa Gafanhoa Museum, in Ílhavo

Casa Gafanhoa Museum, in Ílhavo

The House of Gafanhoa, constructed in the late 20s of the twentieth century, is an ancient dwelling farmers, restored and converted into the Municipal Museum November 11, 2000, currently managed by the Ethnographic Group of Gafanha of Nazareth. Inside, there is a very strong testimony of the rural livelihoods of the city population, closely related […]

Palheiros of Costa Nova, Haystacks in Costa Nova

Palheiros of Costa Nova, Haystacks in Costa Nova

The haystacks Costa Nova are famous and candlesticks existing striped beach houses with the same name, originally in shades of red ocher and black, used as old warehouses of fishing implements. Until the beginning of the Costa Nova nineteenth century was an extensive uninhabited beach but after the fixation of the Port of Aveiro Barra, […]

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