Belmonte: Plaatsen

Capelas de Santo António e do Calvário

These two small temples were built in front of the castle but there are still doubts about their origin. It seems the Chapel of St Anthony dates from ... meer »

Castelo

Dating from the 12th century, it was donated in 1466 by king Afonso V to Fernão Cabral (father of the navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral), who changed the ... meer »

Ecomuseu do Zêzere

A tribute to the river Zêzere, which rises in the Serra da Estrela mountainous range and eventually joins the Tagus at the Ribatejo prairies, going th ... meer »

Igreja de São Tiago

A Romanesque church from the 13th century, it was repeatedly altered: in 1362, the Chapel of Our Lady of Piety was built, changing the building into a ... meer »

Igreja Matriz

A modern construction, it was built in the 20th century (decade of 40). Its most valuable asset is the quattrocentist statue of Our Lady of Hope which ... meer »

Panteão dos Cabrais

Built in the 15th century, next to the St James Church, by Fernão Cabral, to whom king Afonso V had given the Castle of Belmonte, it would later lodge ... meer »

Pelourinho

During the Middle Ages, a town´s pillory was an important site: it was there the king´s and the local authorities´ decisions were announced, as well ... meer »

Solar dos Cabrais

A second residence of the Cabrais family, it was built in the 18th century to replace the palace they inhabited at the castle, severely damaged by a f ... meer »

Tulha

A massive and completely closed construction, it was built in the 18th century and reveals the purpose for which it was raised: to store agricultural ... meer »