Frontier castle connected to the neighbors of Algoso, Penas Róias and Mogadouro, as well as to the more distant one of Bragança, together constituted the so-called hard core of the Northeast of Trás-os-Montes.
Episcopal Palace. Miranda's first bishops had to live in the Castle. It was only in 1601 that the construction of the Episcopal Palace and the Seminary began. When it was ready, more than a century later, its opulence was not inferior to that of t...
The church was started at the end of the 18th century and was completed in 1875. In front of the church is the staircase of virtues, with statues representing Faith, Hope, Charity and Glory, dated 1854, the master's work Francisco Luis Barreiros. ...
Cávado River in the Minho area of northern Portugal, from Serra do Larouco near Montalegre (Vila Real district) till Esposende (Braga District). We are here near its mouth. Between the river and the atlantic ocean there is a beautifull peninsula c...
Some authors already speak of its existence at the time of San Martiño Monastery of Dumio in the sixth century; others attribute its foundation to St. Fructuosus of Braga a century later. However, the failure of documents that are graduating shoul...
Monastery 1392 Franciscan inside this fort, which was built in 1649-51 (War of Restoration 1640-68) at the mouth of the River Minho, along the northern border between Portugal and Spain.
