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Carviçais

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Country
  
Portugal

Intermunic. comm.
  
Douro

Population
  
757 (2011)

Region
  
Norte Region, Portugal

Subregion
  
Douro

Area
  
64.19 km²

District
  
Bragança District

Municipality
  
Torre de Moncorvo

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Website
  
www.freguesiacarvicais.com

Carviçais is a parish of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo in the district of Bragança (Portugal). The population in 2011 was 757, in an area of 63.00 km². The parish is composed of 7 villages: Carviçais, Macieirinha, Martim Tirado, Quinta da Estrada, Quinta das Pereiras, Quinta das Peladinhas and Quinta da Nogueirinha.

Contents

Map of Carvi%C3%A7ais, Portugal

History and landmarks

  • Parish Church (Igreja Matriz) of Carviçais
  • Capela do Santo Cristo de Carviçais
  • Capela de St.ª Bárbara
  • Capela do Divino Espírito Santo
  • Capela de S. Pedro
  • Cruzeiro de Carviçais
  • Carviçais Old Rail Station

    • Transport

    As the narrow gauge Sabor line (Linha do Sabor) ceased to run in 1988, the closest railway station is now Pocinho in the Douro Valley (Linha do Douro) with trains to Tua, Peso da Régua, Livração, Marco de Canaveses, Penafiel, Paredes, Ermesinde (connections to Braga, Guimarães, Viana do Castelo, Rio Tinto and Porto).

    References

    Carviçais Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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