Grown on a plateau located at the confluence of the Corgo and Cabril rivers, the city is framed in a beautiful natural landscape (Escarpas do Corgo), with the backdrop of the mountains of Alvão and, further away, Marão. With more than seven hundred years of existence, Vila Real was once known as the "Corte de Trás-os-Montes", due to the high number of emblazoned houses that it then had.

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Vila Real Cathedral, Portugal

Cathedral of Vila Real, a gothic temple from 15th Century

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Vila Real historic center

Vila Real historic center, aerial panorama

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Vila Real, Aerial, Historical center, Portugal

The first expansion of the city, to the north of Vila Velha. It is within this area that the main footpaths are located, many of the major roads in the city, the most important exterior accesses. It is in this area that the main buildings of histo...

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Vila Real, Aerial, Ferreiros neighborhood, Portugal

Blacksmiths' neighborhood. Part of the historic area of the city, albeit marginal, due to the geographical situation. It developed to the left bank of the Corgo River, through the connection of the Ponte de Santa Margarida, and later with the cons...

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Vila Real, Aerial, Market

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Vila Real, Aerial, Park of Corgo

It is located on the banks of the river that gives it its name, and has an area of about 33 hectares; it is connected to the Parque Florestal, a true lung of the city, and incorporates several equipments: multi-sports fields, pedestrian itinerarie...

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Vila Real, Aerial, Camoes Square

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Vila Real, Aerial view, Campus UTAD

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Vila Real, Aerial view Viaduct A24

The viaduct, the highest built in the country, rises south of the city of Vila Real, between Parada de Cunhos and Folhadela, which includes the bridge over the Corgo River, and had an investment of 85 million euros. With the entry into service of ...

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Vila Real, Aerial, Vila Velha

Vila Velha is a promontory between the Corgo and Cabril rivers, where the city was born. The site is characterized by the uniqueness of its location, a promontory over the landscape, of great landscape quality, as well as by its archaeological imp...

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Vila Real, Cathedral, Sao Domingos, nave

The Church of São Domingos, current Cathedral, was ordered to erect, together with the convent with the same name, in the century. XV, at the behest of the religious of São Domingos, of Guimarães. In terms of architecture, it receives influences f...

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Vila Real, Gothic Cathedral, Sao Domingos, Transept

The Church of São Domingos, the current Cathedral, was ordered to erect, together with the convent of the same name, in the 15th century, at the behest of the religious of São Domingos, of Guimarães. In terms of architecture, it receives influence...

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Vila Real, Church of Sao Pedro, main chapel

The Church of São Pedro is one of the best religious examples of the Baroque style in Vila Real. The original building, built in 1528, has undergone changes of various kinds over time, until it has the form it now takes. Among these changes, most ...

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Vila Real, Church of Sao Pedro, Nave

The Church of São Pedro is one of the best religious examples of the Baroque style in Vila Real. The original building, built in 1528, has undergone changes of various kinds over time, until it has the form it now takes. Among these changes, most ...

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Vila Real, Church of Santiago in Mondroes

The Church of Santiago de Mondrões was built in the first decades of the 16th century (Reign of D. Manuel I), when it benefited from the Manueline charter of the neighboring municipality of Penaguião. It is a temple dedicated to Santiago, with a s...