The Ship Museum Santo André, in Ílhavo

tourist — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:54:36 +0000

The Ship Museum Santo André is a Ílhavo Maritime Museum. He was part of the Portuguese fleet of cod and is intended to illustrate the drag arts. This side trawler (or “classic”) was born in 1948 in the Netherlands by order of Aveiro Fishing Company. It was a modern ship, with 71.40 meters long and basement for twenty thousand fish yards (1,200 tons).

In the eighties came restrictions on fishing in open waters which resulted in the reduction of the fleet and the slaughter of much of it. The Santo André has not escaped the trend. The August 21, 1997 was dismantled. The owner of the vessel, António do Lago Cerqueira, Lda (Fisheries Tavares Mascarenhas, SA) and the Municipality of Aveiro decided to turn the old St. Andrew in museum ship. In August 2001, St. Andrew started a new cycle of life: show gifts and come as were the cod fisheries drag and honor the memory of all his
crew during half a century of activity.

The Ship Museum is anchored in Oudinot Garden in the city of Gafanha of Nazareth, the city of Aveiro.

Lighthouse of Aveiro

tourist — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:43:20 +0000

The lighthouse of Aveiro Barra is the largest lighthouse in Portugal. It is located at Barra, parish of Gafanha da Nazaré, Aveiro municipality, Aveiro district.

It was at the time of its construction, the world’s sixth largest in stone masonry and remain currently the second largest in the Iberian Peninsula and is included in the 26 largest in the world.

Largo Lighthouse, Barra Beach, Gafanha da Nazaré

Visit the afternoon Wednesday: 3 increases (every hour) between 13:30 and 16:30 (winter) or in the period from 14:00 to 17:00 (summer).

Notes: implies the rise of the access staircase.

GPS: 40 ° 38’33.7 “N, 8 ° 44’51.6″ W

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The Ship Museum Santo André, in Ílhavo

Lighthouse of Aveiro