Tourist attractions Amarante

The Serra do Marão is a granite and schist block delimited to the east by the Corgo, to the west by the Tãmega and to the south by the Douro. The breaking up of the ground that accompanied its rising up in the Tertiary Era has lead to various heights..

This is a small town where the women work with thread and lace. In the olden days, when they were allowed, they set up their stalls and exhibited their wares at the roadside (tablecloths and place mats).

The granite bridge was built over the Tâmega river in the late 18C. A marble plaque on one of the obelisks guarding the bridge entrance on the left bank recalls the victorious resistance, on the 2nd May 1809, of General Silveirea, the future count of..

This Church, built in 1540 has a side portal with three levels of small Italian Renaissance columns and is crowned by a Baroque pediment. Near the portal, you will notice the statues of the four Kings who reigned during the period of the church's con..

This town-hall is set up in the old convent buildings (right of the church, in the market square). On the first floor, a small museum exhibits archaeological vestiges, sculptures and modern paintings by Amadeo de Souza Cardoso , a cubist painter b..

This 18C construction has a Baroque façade decorated with statues of St Peter and St Paul. Notice the nave situated under a stuccoed groined vault decorated with bands of blue and yellow 17C azulejos. The sacristy is covered with a coffered ceiling i..