Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.centroaaa.org
;
Rua Padre Augusto Borges de Sá; 2.30-7pm)
Inside a former textile factory, this
non-profit collective promotes interaction between various fields of creative expression,
including visual arts, design, film, literature, media, performing arts and architecture.
Events include film screenings, theatre performances, concerts and workshops.
Igreja de São Gualter
(Church of St Walter; Largo São Gualter; 8am-noon & 3-5pm Mon-Sat, 8am-noon Sun)
This slender 18th-
century construction, with its 19th-century twin spires and blooming run-up from central
Guimarães, has the most striking appeal of all the city's churches.
CHURCH
Museu Alberto Sampaio
MUSEUM
(Rua Alfredo Guimaraes; adult/child €3/free, Sun morning free; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun)
Built around the se-
rene Romanesque cloister of Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira, this museum has an ex-
cellent collection of ecclesiastical art and religious finery. Highlights include the tunic re-
putedly worn by João I at the Battle of Aljubarrota (1385).
Antigos Paços do Concelho
Guimarães' 14th-century former town hall sits above an arcaded portico providing a most
graceful communication between cosy Largo da Oliveira and the more rambling Praça de
Santiago.
HISTORIC BUILDING
Museu Arqueológico
MUSEUM
Martins Sarmento
( 253 415 969;
www.csarmento.uminho.pt
; Rua Paio Galvão; admission €3; 9.30am-noon & 2-5pm Tue-Sat,
10am-noon & 2-5pm Sun)
This fantastic collection of mostly Celtiberian artefacts is housed in a
former convent and named after the archaeologist who excavated Citânia de Briteiros in
1875. Hefty stone artefacts, including thick Roman columns and milestones, and a mossy
Celtic sarcophagus, are spread around the cloister. Look for the impressive
pedras formo-
sas
(beautiful stones) thought to have adorned Celtiberian bathhouses in the surrounding
region, and the impressive case of Palaeolithic and Neolithic tools.
Penha
Some 7km southeast up a twisting, cobbled road - or a short ride on an ageing cable car -
is the wooded summit of Penha (617m) overlooking Guimarães, the highest point for
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