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What to do and see in Charneca

Charneca is a city in Portugal, with a population of 30,000. The whole area around the city is known for its numerous farms.

1. Farm Vale de Rosal (Quinta Vale de Rosal)

Farm Vale de Rosal (Quinta Vale de Rosal)

Its origin dates back in 1559., when the priests of the Society of Jesus College St. Anthony built a large house and other facilities needed for cultivation on this land. 1570. Herein stayed Father Ignatius de Azevedo (now canonized by the Catholic Church) with a tenth of the novices who come here to work and to the physical and spiritual preparation for a later time and clerical duties in Brazil. When the 4th of October in 1910. Proclaimed Republic of dreaming, this farm was looted and burned. On 16 October 1916, a merchant in Lisbon named Carlos Ramalho was bought this property and restored it. Since then, it is owned by different generations of families who meticulously care for the preservation of culturally heritage.

3. Farm Montserrat (Quinta de Monserrate)

Farm Montserrat (Quinta de Monserrate)

It originally belonged to the nineteenth descendant of Francisco Antonio Ferreira, known as "Sola". In its main courtyard had a covenant chapel of Our Lady of Montserrat. The farm is orginialno occurred in the third quarter of the eighteenth century, in 1783. Was. Farm Monserrate was later acquired by General Manuel Antonio Veiga de Araujo, the great master of wealth. Today the farm quite devastated and in pretty bad shape.

5. Chapel of the Virgin (Capela de Nossa Senhora da Assunção)

Chapel of the Virgin (Capela de Nossa Senhora da Assunção)

This is a chapel with three altars. The main altar was placed in the altarpiece of wood and is the Assumption of the Virgin. The Chapel of the Valley Rosal was partially restored in 1889., And the rest was rebuilt 1890..

2. Regateira Farm (Quinta da Regateira)

Regateira Farm (Quinta da Regateira)

It is built on land that covers part of the Valley of Roses. Currently owned by the family of Alvaro. In addition to the main house is the Chapel of the birth of Jesus in 1746..

4. Farm Cima (Quinta de Cima)

Farm Cima (Quinta de Cima)

The farm was built in the eighteenth century by Feliciano Old Oldenberg, the Austro-Hungarian nobleman and knight of the Royal House. Later, the farm became the property of Antonio Antunes Febrero, also known as "Antonio de Evora," which is the 2nd of June in 1928., He was one of the founders of the "Company Vans Piedense". Later the farm was sold out Mervelt Count Friedrich Graf, a German national, who was responsible for its rebuilding. The farm has never had electric light or water, using only diesel generator and existing wells for water. Today the farm is in poor condition.

This destination is interesting for people who like to experience and learn about life on the farm in Portugal in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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