Tourism Site Sardoal

PELOURINHO SARDOAL

The Pelourinho Sardoal, located in Praça da República, is a Manueline style pillory, reconstructed in 1931.Pillories are stone columns where municipalities exercised their righteousness. They were located within the urban centers, usually in front of the

building of the municipality.It consisted of a platform with or without steps, a base (in the middle of the platform) and a capital,

which shows the coat of arms of the town.

WINDMILLS ENTREVINHAS

The Entrevinhas mills are at the highest point of the village, with a privileged view. There are four

mills built at the end of the 19th century. One of the mills has a small themed room with

original artefacts offered by the last miller family, who worked there until the summer of 1956 ,

Tiago dos Santos Baptista .These windmills are the most important collection

of mills in the region.

IGREJA MATRIZ

Founded in the late fourteenth century , the Church of the Parish of St. James and St.

Matthew was the target of a set of interventions but there are also traces of styles ranging from

Gothic to Contemporary.Sardoal Master’s Paintings that are in the

chapel, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, are a call of attention.

LAPA

Lapa is a heavenly place, a place that invites leisure and contact with nature on the banks of the stream of Areces. On the right bank of the stream, we can see the Chapel of Our Lady of Lapa, which has its roots in the distant past.

Since around 1600 the cult of the Lady of Lapa has reached great diffusion and it is still a site of

pilgrimage for the local people.

PARQUE DO RIBEIRO BARATO

Situated at the entrance of Sardoal village, the park offers tables for picnics and a small

playground.

ROSA MANA

Situated in Alcaravela parish, in the village of Presa, Rosa Mana is a small park along the river

with picnic tables. Several ruins of ancient watermills can still be found at the site.

FONTE DA PRETA

Built in 1894, this fountain still features the original tiles.

PRAÇA NOVA

Situated in the heart of the village of Sardoal, the “New Square” is a small garden with tables that invite you to a picnic or moments of rest

and recreation, surrounded by the shadows of linden trees.

EUCALIPTO GRANDE

The village of Sardoal has an eucalyptus considered a Rated Monument since 1972, due

to its exceptional size .It was planted in 1850 and it is about 64 meters

high, with a canopy of about 25 meters in diameter and about 16 meters in diameter at the

base. In the period in which it was planted , it was not the only one, but it was the only one to

resist more than a century and a half .

OBRAS DO MESTRE DE SARDOAL

Gil Vicente and Manuel Vicente left in Sardoal one of the most important cultural and artistic heritages of the county

: the Paintings of the Master of Sardoal .Ornamenting the original altarpiece of the parish church, dating from the early sixteenth century, seven paintings in oil on oak wood, representing the bust of Christ, St. Peter,

St. Paul, the Virgin of the Annunciation, the Archangel Gabriel, St. John the Baptist and St. Matthew.

The importance of Sardoal Master’s work for the History of Portuguese Art focuses on the transition from Gothic to

Renaissance, called "Portuguese Primitives“.

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