Best places: Monuments in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Built in the 19th century, this octagonal Roman-style marble fountain features 4 lion statues.

14th-century Franciscan church with remarkable interiors including baroque altarpieces & gilt wood.

👍 Beautiful view of the city.

🫤 I've never written negative reviews about any place, but I feel uncomfortable with what they served me last night. The lactose-free option was a dry chicken steak with dry white rice. I've eaten better in hospitals and on planes. With what you pay, it is not acceptable.

😐 Lovely sculptures centered on the sloping lawns - great spot to chill in the sunshine ( except some traffic noise). Atop the column is Henry the Navigator who was a driving force behind a lot of the early Portuguese voyages of discovery.

👍 Statue of Vímara who was a vassal of the King of Asturias, Alfonso III, and was sent to reconquer and secure from the Moors (Arabs and Berbers who had invaded Visigothic Hispania), in the west coastal fringe of Gallaecia, the area from the Minho River to the Douro River, including the city of Portus...

👍👍 Póvoa de Varzim City where the great Writer Eça de Queiroz was born and which pays tribute to him with a beautiful sculpture in Praça do Almada where the house where the Poet was born is also located. A place not to be missed. With very beautiful houses around it. A Square with an interesting name....

👍 José Duarte Ramalho Ortigão (1836 – 1915) was a Portuguese writer of the late 19th century and early 20th century. In 1862 he dedicated himself to journalism and became a literary critic at the Diário do Porto and contributed to several literary magazines. Sculpture by Leopoldo Neves de Almeida (189...

👍 The monument is located in Carlos Alberto Square. It is a very nice square (at least from a bird's eye view). The monument was created in honor of the war fighters of 1914. It symbolizes the Portuguese who died in 1914/1918. Near this monument there is another monument to Air Force General Humberto...

👍👍 Museum of the Order of St. Francis here there is a grave silence, such respect for the dead, underground there are catacombs where centuries ago were buried the most prominent figures linked to the Catholic religion and not only is a place of worship that It makes us go back in time. The snag! The...

😐 Beautiful fountain also known as Rua Escura. It is just below Pelourinho.