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Marco de Canaveses is a destination that features the Douro and Tâmega rivers, which have a strong impact on the identity of local customs and traditions. As well as the rivers there are the Carrapatelo and Torrão reservoirs, excellent bodies of water for water sports.
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Marco de Canaveses è una località contraddistinta dalla...
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- Obras Do Fidalgo
- Tongóbriga
- Igreja de Santa Maria de Marco de Canaveses
- Museu Municipal Carmen Miranda
- Museu Da Pedra
- Rota Do Românico
- Igreja de Santo André de Vila Boa de Quires
- Ponta Do Arco
- Parque Fluvial Do Tâmega
- Praia Fluvial de Bitetos
The facade of this abandoned palace keeps watch over a vineyard. And it’s no everyday palace, as this would have been the finest and possibly largest in Portugal. The long facade was completed in the middle of the 18th century in an extravagant fusion of Baroque and Rococo. The portal is loaded with ornamental scrolls and vegetal motifs while each ...
Below the picturesque Serra de Montedeiras is a village that has an extensive Roman archaeological site from the end of the 1st century. A network of ancient roads converge on Tongóbriga so it’s fair to assume that this would have been a prestigious city. The ruins are a Portuguese National Monument and have a forum, necropolis, large residential q...
Álvaro Siza Vieira, one of the most celebrated Portuguese architects of the last few decades, drew up this minimalist church in the mid-1990s. It’s a sight to behold, whatever your religious persuasion: The building is all white, and has angular lines and a main wooden door ten metres in height. The church positioned carefully on a hillside and has...
Did you know that the silver screen star Carmen Miranda was born in Marco de Canaveses? The town’s municipal museum adopted the name of its most illustrious native in 1985 when it received some of her possessions as a donation. Together with photographs and other memorabilia there are a few items of clothing and footwear belonging to the star, sent...
Humans have been quarrying granite in Marco de Canaveses for as long as they have lived here. This material is ever-present, in structures both new and prehistoric, from palaces to megaliths. So the town is as good a location as any for a museum that investigates stone and its relation to people. You’ll be given scientific facts on its mineral comp...
In the middle ages the northwest of Portugal was the first region to be re-conquered from the Moors. A multitude of Churches sprouted up soon after, so north of the Douro there’s a payload of Romanesque heritage from the 11th to the 13th centuries. This is now the subject of a special tourist trail, the Rota do Românico. And Marco de Canaveses has ...
This 12th-century Romanesque church may be the pick of Marco de Canaveses’ medieval heritage. Like most of the buildings on the route it has gone through a few updates over the centuries. These are in the chancel, where there’s a Rococo altar, and frescos on the ceiling and the arch separating it from the nave. But there’s original 12th-century mas...
This bridge on the Ovelha River is also on the Rota do Românico. Although quite when it was built is a bit of an enigma. The prevailing theory is that it might be a little newer, and date from the late medieval period or early modern age. It’s a romantic old structure with a cured back and an ogival arch. The mossy granite boulders strewn on the ri...
In 2008 the banks of the River Tâmega were regenerated, letting people to get down to the water for activities, or just sit and watch it flow by. If you’re up for water-based fun there’s a small marina here now, with 40 berths attached to the Nautical Club, which also has a riverside restaurant. The park also has a fishing pier for people with rods...
The coast is up to an hour away, so the next best thing for a hit of sun and sand is a river beach. There are a few in the Marco de Canaveses municipality, but the cream of these has to be Praia Fluvial de Bitetos on the right bank of the Douro. There’s a pleasing belt of sand, recently made totally accessible to people with disabilities. The water...
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Marco de Canaveses (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾku ðɨ kɐnɐˈvezɨʃ] ⓘ) is a city and municipality on Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 53,450, [1] in an area of 201.89 km 2. [2] The city itself had a population of 9,042 in 2001. [3]
Marco de Canaveses. The municipality of Marco de Canaveses is located in the northwest of Portugal and is part of Douro Litoral. It is bordered by two of the most important Portuguese rivers: Douro and Tâmega.
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