The Alentejo - Portugal - page 485

4 Museu Municipal B2

5 Sé B2

Sleeping

6 Hotel Mansão Alto Alentejo B2

7 Pensão Nova C1

Eating

8 O Poeiras Restaurante C3

9 Restaurante-Cervejaria Santos B2

10 Solar do Forcado C2

Drinking & Nightlife

11 Crisfal D2

Entertainment

12 Centro de Artes do Espectáculo de Portalegre C3

Sights

The town's former glory is recorded in stone: faded 17th-century baroque town houses
and mansions dot Rua 19 de Junho to the southeast.

Sé
( 2.30-6pm Tue, 9am-noon & 2.30-6pm Wed-Sun) In 1550 Portalegre became the seat of a new
diocese and soon got its own cathedral. The pyramid-pointed, twin-towered 18th- century
facade, with a broken clock, sombrely presides over the whitewashed Praça do Município.
The sacristy contains an array of fine azulejos .

CHURCH

Castelo
( 9.30am-1pm & 2.30-6pm Tue-Sun) Portalegre's castle, off Rua do Carmo, dates from
the time of Dom Dinis. Its three restored towers offer good views across the town. In the
1930s, part of the castle walls were destroyed to open the streets to traffic. In 2006, a con-
troversial renovation was completed - a modern wooden structure now links the walls of
the castle to the tower. Designed by Portuguese architect Cândido Chuva Gomes, the you-

CASTLE