When we arrive in Lamego, it is the lush green vegetation of Monte de Santo Estevão that holds our attention. From the crown of the elevation, two towers stand out and a monumental set of balustrade levels seems to tear the grove in a straight line to Lamego's main avenue. In this place where the Santuario da Senhora dos Remédios church is currently located, there was previously another place of devotion: since 1361 the people used to run to the chapel dedicated to Santo Estevão, wandering along the 600m difference until reaching the top of the hill. In the middle of the 16th century, the small temple threatened ruin, which led the city's bishop, D. Manuel de Noronha, to have a new church built, to which he added a new devotion: an image of the virgin with the boy in her arms, whom she had brought of Rome for being considered in the “holy city” as a great remedy for the evils of which the believers complained.
In the place where the main chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios was built there was a small chapel, built by Bishop D. Durando, in 1361, dedicated to Santo Estêvão. In 1568, the Bishop of Lamego D. Manuel de Noronha authorized the demolition of t...
Confined to the genetic hill, the Lamego community resisted the advances and setbacks of its conquerors until the 11th century. The expansion of its urbanization was structured in a time of peace around two temples: the one in São Sebastião, at a ...
Originating in the times of the Christian Reconquest of the region in the 10th century. This chapel would be integrated in a Roman villa. It became a parish seat until the 13th century when it became dependent on the Cathedral of Lamego In the sec...
About the antiquity of the Castle of Lamego, almost all the authors refer that the castle "is the work of the Moors" and prior to the foundation of nationality. From the primitive, only the keep (12th century), part of the old wall and the cistern...
The Lamego Cathedral, built from successive stages, is one of the most emblematic historical monuments in the entire Douro region. It was founded in 1129. It is a cathedral of Roman origin which, on the initial route, received Gothic additions, ot...
The Lamego Cathedral, built from successive stages, is one of the most emblematic historical monuments in the entire Douro region. It was founded in 1129. It is a cathedral of Roman origin which, on the initial route, received Gothic additions, ot...
Founded in 1640 by the bailiff of Leça, D. Frei Luís Alvares de Távora, in the place where a chapel existed and Nossa Senhora do Desterro was venerated. The facade of the entrance door stands out, consisting of two Corinthian columns. Above it is ...
In the place where the main chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios was built there was a small chapel, built by Bishop D. Durando, in 1361, dedicated to Santo Estêvão. In 1568, the bishop of Lamego D. Manuel de Noronha authorized the demolition of t...
Founded in 1640 by the bailiff of Leça, D. Frei Luís Alvares de Távora, in the place where a chapel existed and Nossa Senhora do Desterro was venerated. The facade of the entrance door stands out, consisting of two Corinthian columns. Above it is ...
About the antiquity of the Castle of Lamego, almost all the authors refer that the castle "is the work of the Moors" and prior to the foundation of nationality. From the primitive, only the keep (12th century), part of the old wall and the cistern...
The access to the old castle town is through two open porches in the wall. Whoever enters on the north side passes through the arch called “Porta dos Figos or Fogos”, also called “Porta da Vila or Aguião”, while the door on the opposite side is ca...
About the antiquity of the Castle of Lamego, almost all the authors refer that the castle "is the work of the Moors" and prior to the foundation of nationality. From the primitive, only the keep (12th century), part of the old wall and the cistern...
The Lamego Cistern, located outside the Plaza de Armas, is made of rectangular brick and vaulted with a pointed arch, supported by torso arches supported by pillars attached to the side walls. About twenty meters long and ten meters wide, it is co...
This nucleus is the most important archaeological site discovered in Lamego that illustrates the dynamics of the city's transformation over more than two thousand years of its history. Arranged in overlapping "layers", the vestiges provide a "time...
The cloister was completed in 1557, and features four groups of arches from the transition period from Gothic to Renaissance. In this space, next to the arcade on the east side, there are two chapels built by Bishop D. Manuel de Noronha, in the 16...
