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ADORIGO
Habitants: 490 / Area: 1 055 / Tabuaço
Distance: 6,5 Km
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Medieval Grave
This is a gracious village, with many pretty
houses whose air of distinction makes us
think of Port Wine and olive oil profits
/revenue. The Mother Church, whose entrance
is done through the Seixo Road, is a modern
temple.
It was inaugurated in 1984.
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Vineyards and Olive Groves |
For its construction, people made use of
the baroque altar piece and the painted
big boxes of the chancel of the old
church, the two altar pieces and the
carving of the markets cross arch. The
patron of the village is Senhora de
Conduzende. |
Pombal´s Mark |
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To prove it are the vestiges of a
medieval necropolis that, exactly in the
centre of Adorigo, which include some
boxes and gravestones, used at that time
to bury the dead. |
S Martinho´ chapel |
Adorigo still counts on one of the most important
Port wine estates in the concelho: Quinta de St.
Louis. With its white housing, extended close over
the mouth of the Tedo River.
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Douro River
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ARCHEOLOGY
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Station name: Necrópole Medieval de Adorigo.
Station type: Necrópole.
Epoch: Medieval.
Geographic coordinate:
41º 08' 30" Lat. N., 01º 31' 32" Long. E. Lx.; 464 m
Alt.; C.M.P. 1:25.000, pg. 127, Tabuaço, 2nd
edition, 1987.
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