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1. Basílica de Santa Luzia
Religious Building/Site/ShrineSitting high atop a wooded hill, this white granite-domed basilica is one of the most beautiful in Portugal. A funicular railway can carry you...Read More
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2. Bom Jesus do Monte
Religious Building/Site/ShrineMany people come to Braga specifically to see the Bom Jesus do Monte, a pilgrimage shrine atop a 1,312-foot-high, densely wooded hill 5 km ...Read More
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3. Igreja de Santo Ildefonso
Baixa | Religious Building/Site/ShrineWith the most striking exterior of any church in Porto, Igreja de Santo Ildefonso has a facade covered with some 11,000 blue-and-white azulejo...Read More
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4. Igreja de São Francisco
Ribeira | Religious Building/Site/ShrineDuring the last days of Porto's siege by the absolutist army (the miguelistas ) in July 1842, there was gunfire by the nearby Convent of of...Read More
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5. Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe town's most famous monument is the 18th-century Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, which has a marvelous granite staircase of 686...Read More
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6. Capela de São Frutuoso de Montélios
Religious Building/Site/ShrineAbout 4 km (2½ miles) north of town, this chapel is one of Portugal's oldest buildings. The original structure is believed to have been constructed...Read More
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7. Convento de Santa Clara
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis impressive structure sprawls along the north bank of the Rio Ave, the river that flows through Vila do Conde. Dom Afonso Sanches and his...Read More
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8. Convento de São Gonçalo
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis imposing convent, built and rebuilt between the 16th and 20th centuries, sits on the north side of the Rio Tâmega. The effigy of its patron...Read More
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9. Igreja da Misericórdia
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis late-17th-century church next door to the Torre de Menagem is lined with huge panels of blue-and-white azulejos depicting scenes from the...Read More
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10. Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Consolação e Santos Passos
Religious Building/Site/ShrineOne of Portugal's prettiest baroque churches, the slim Church of Our Lady of Consolation and the Holy Steps rises up at the end of a long, elegant...Read More
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11. Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis church in the delightful square Largo da Oliveira was founded in the 10th century to commemorate one of Guimarães's most enduring legends...Read More
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12. Igreja de São Bento
Religious Building/Site/ShrineOutside the walls of the Citadel is this Renaissance-era church, with fine Mudejar (Moorish-style) vaulted ceiling and a gilded retable. Founded...Read More
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13. Igreja de São Francisco
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe Old Town's streets peter out at the southern end of Guimarães in the Almeida da Liberdade, a swath of gardens whose benches and cafés are...Read More
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14. Igreja dos Clérigos
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe finest baroque work in Vila Real, this curious fan-shape building is also called the Capela Nova (New Chapel). Its facade is dominated by...Read More
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15. Igreja Matriz
Religious Building/Site/ShrineWith a superb late-Gothic portal, this church in the center of the city has a single solid tower with bells that gleam in the sun. Construction...Read More
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16. Monastery of São Martinho de Tibães
Religious Building/Site/ShrineSome 6 km (4 miles) northwest of Braga, this impressive Benedictine monastery was built in the 11th century and rebuilt at the end of the 19th...Read More
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17. Sé de Braga
Museum/GalleryThis huge cathedral was originally Romanesque but is now an impressively cohesive blend of styles. The delicate Renaissance stone tracery on...Read More
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18. Sé do Porto
Baixa | Religious Building/Site/ShrineOriginally constructed in the 12th century by the parents of Dom Afonso Henriques (Portugal's first king), Porto's granite cathedral has been...Read More
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