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.
The first reference to the Quintela Tower appears in the Inquiries of D. Afonso III, in 1258; at the end of the 17th century, the forums and deadlines received by its lord, the Count of Vimioso, are recorded in Tombo da Torre de Quintela. This doc...
This Palace is a rural palatial house with a rectangular plan, divided into two hollow squares in the central area, thus creating several wings, composing two patios that are connected to each other through large openings on the ground floor. Whil...
Mateus Palace, in Vila Real, is one of the most famous monuments in the whole world, through its image on the labels of a well-known wine brand. It will have started during the 1st quarter of the 16th century, when the marriage between Maria Álvar...
This Palace is a rural palatial house with a rectangular plan, divided into two hollow squares in the central area, thus creating several wings, composing two patios that are connected to each other through large openings on the ground floor. Whil...
