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Cristo Rei Viewpoint, in Tarouca

tourist — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:34:21 +0000

The King Christ in Gondomar, provides a unique overview of Tarouca, which still reaches land Lamego and Vila Real, as well as the horizons of the Serra do Marão.

São Pedro de Tarouca Church, in Tarouca

tourist — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:06:24 +0000

The Church of San Pedro de Tarouca located in Tarouca municipality in Portugal. Your first document dated 1163.

In the structure of the church, are visible details of the Romanesque style, the transition to the Gothic.

The Monastery of Santa Maria de Salzedas, in Tarouca

tourist — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:48:32 +0000

The Monastery of Santa Maria de Salzedas is located in Salzedas parish, Tarouca municipality, Portugal. Belonging to the Cistercian Order, date from the twelfth century, and its space was donated by the wife of D. Egas Moniz. Suffered expansion works in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, particularly in terms of the facade and the cloisters.

The Monastery surprises us in the middle of the small town houses, which formed around it, and its glory is marked by various decorative styles that has accumulated over time, from the Romanesque to a later, the Baroque. A National Monument is another example of the Cistercian Order. He became one of the richest Portuguese monasteries, holder of a remarkable library. Today is a point of essential visit for history and stylistic wealth terminating.

The Ucanha Tower, in Tarouca

tourist — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:42:56 +0000

The Ucanha Tower is located in Ucanha parish, Tarouca municipality, Viseu district of Portugal. It is classified by IPPAR a National Monument in 1910.

Its existence has been documented in the nineteenth century. D. Afonso Henriques donated in 1163, the widow of Egas Moniz, Teresa Alfonso the couto of Algeriz, adding the territory of Ucanha. The bridge must have been built by the Romans, following a road that passed nearby. Teresa Alfonso, founder of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Salzedas, donated to the convent couto had received from the king and were monks who benefited most from the old bridge converted to a considerable source of revenue for the toll charges that would be charged.

Santa Helena Mountain Range Viewpoint, in Tarouca

tourist — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:32:07 +0000

The Viewpoint of Santa Helena Mountain Range is located in the foothills of the Montemuro mountains. Situated high in the Sierra, is one of the most superb sights on the Varosa Valley. As far as the eye can can be seen the houses, crops and pastures. The horizon is shown dotted with fine examples of medieval architecture as Salzedas Monastery, the Church of the Monastery of St. John of Tarouca, the Tower of Ucanha, single copy in the Iberian Peninsula fortified bridge. At the top of Serra de Santa Helena there is a shrine and altar, and at the foot lies the village of Tarouca.

Convent of St. John Tarouca, The Cistercian Order in Tarouca

tourist — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:22:48 +0000

The Convent of St. John Tarouca is located on the slope of Leomil mountains, overlooking the valley of the river Varosa, in the parish of St. John Tarouca, Tarouca municipality in the district of Viseu, Portugal.

Constitutes the first monastery of the Cistercian Order in the country, founded in 1144.

In 1152, after the victory of D. Afonso Henriques over the Moors at the Battle of Trancoso, it launched the first stone of the convent church.

A new dormitory and the bell tower were built in the sixteenth century.

The last phase of the monastery expansion works took place in the nineteenth century.

In 1938 proceeded to the restoration of altarpieces, including that of St. Peter, attributed to Gaspar Vaz.