11 Sights in Loures, Portugal (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Loures, Portugal. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 11 sights are available in Loures, Portugal.

1. Palácio do Correio-Mor

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The Palace of the Correio-Mor, Loures, is a palatial residence in the civil parish of Loures, in the municipality of the same name in the periphery of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. The imposing Baroque-era residence, is a U-shaped layout, consisting of a courtyard leading to a staircase and a two-storey building decorated in azulejos, stucco artistic works, and paintings that were once home to the Counts and Marquesses of Penafiel. Appropriately translated into British English, the Estate is called Palace of the Postmaster General of Portugal.

Wikipedia: Palace of Correio-Mor (EN), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

2. Roman villa of Frielas

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The Roman Villa of Frielas is located in the parish of Frielas in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It fell under the territory of the Roman settlement of Olisipo, which covered a large area from Lisbon to the south to Torres Vedras in the north. It is believed to have been re-used in the medieval period during the Islamic occupation of Portugal. Excavations began in 1997 and are continuing, over an area of about 3500 square metres. Since 2012 the villa has been classified as a Site of Public Interest.

Wikipedia: Roman villa of Frielas (EN), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

3. Sacavém Ceramic Museum

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The Ceramics Museum of Sacavém is situated in the town of Sacavém in the municipality of Loures, just northeast of Lisbon in Portugal. The museum was opened in July 2000 and was constructed on the grounds of a former ceramics factory. Most of the exhibits reflect the output of that factory and its documentation centre is devoted to the study of the history and production of the factory and the industrial heritage of the municipality. In 2002 the museum was awarded the Luigi Micheletti Prize in the Industrial Heritage category.

Wikipedia: Ceramics Museum of Sacavém (EN), Website

4. Reduto do Freixal Alto

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The Fort of Ribas, also known as the Redoubt of Ribas and the Redoubt of Freixial Alto, is one of a group of fortifications in Portugal that made up the second of the three defensive Lines of Torres Vedras, between the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus, which were designed to protect the capital, Lisbon, from possible invasion by French troops during the Peninsular War. It was designed for a garrison of 300 soldiers, with three or four cannon. The fort is situated near the town of Bucelas in the Lisbon District of Portugal.

Wikipedia: Fort of Ribas (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

5. Casa-Museu José Pedro

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The José Pedro House-Museum is a house-museum located in Sacavém, in the municipality of Loures, Portugal. It is housed in the residence of the ceramist and sculptor José da Silva Pedro, who died in 1981, a former worker as a modeler at the Sacavém Tableware Factory, where he joined in 1934, preserving his private museum of art and floriculture. It has an exhibition space, framed by a garden where his sculptural art is exhibited in an environment of fantasy and continuous discovery.

Wikipedia: Casa-Museu José Pedro (PT)

6. Forte do Arpim

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The Fort of Arpim is in the parish of Bucelas in the municipality of Loures, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It was constructed during the Peninsular War, forming part of the first of three defensive Lines of Torres Vedras aimed at protecting Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, from French invasion. The fort, which never saw battle, has been restored and can be visited.

Wikipedia: Fort of Arpim (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

7. Forte do Mosqueiro

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The Fort of Mosqueiro, also known as the Redoubt of Mosqueiro, is one of a group of fortifications in Portugal that made up the Lines of Torres Vedras, which were designed to protect the capital, Lisbon, from possible invasion by French troops during the Peninsular War. It is situated near Bucelas in the Loures municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal.

Wikipedia: Fort of Mosqueiro (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

8. Igreja de São Tiago Maior de Camarate

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The Parish Church of Santiago Maior de Camarate is located at the confluence of Praça 1.º de Maio with Avelino Salgado de Oliveira and Guilherme Gomes Fernandes Streets, in the center of the village of Camarate, municipality of Loures, and it is around this building that the urban growth of the village has taken place over the centuries.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Santiago Maior (Camarate) (PT)

9. Anta de Carcavelos

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The Anta de Carcavelos, located close to the village of Carcavelos near the town of Lousa in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal, is a stone age dolmen or megalithic monument from the Chalcolithic period. It is one of many such tombs that have been identified in Portugal.

Wikipedia: Anta de Carcavelos (EN), Heritage Website Arqueologia

10. Anta do Alto da Toupeira

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The Anta do Alto da Toupeira, also called the Anta da Toupeira or the Anta de Salemas, is a Neolithic dolmen, or megalithic tomb, situated in the parish of Lousa in the municipality of Loures, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It dates back to the Chalcolithic.

Wikipedia: Anta do Alto da Toupeira (EN), Heritage Website Arqueologia

11. Palácio dos Arcebispos

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The Mitra Palace, commonly known as the Archbishop Palace, is a former summer residence, first of the archbishops, and then the Patriarchs of Lisbon, located in the parish of Santo Antão do Tojal, in the Loures municipality.

Wikipedia: Palácio da Mitra (Santo Antão do Tojal) (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

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