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CULTURAL HERITAGE VILA NOVA DA BARQUINHA TOMAR Barquinha Park The Castle of the Templars Almourol Park for Contemporary (12h – 14h Century) Sculpture / Barquinha Park – a true Built by order of Master D.Gualdim outdoor museum that combines Pais in 1160, introduces concepts in the most representative names in military architecture used during Portuguese Contemporary the Crusades in the Orient. Sculpture. In the 14th century, with the construction of the Convent of Castle and Convent of Christ Christ, it has undergrone major alterations. Convent of Christ (World Heritage) Incorporated in the Castle grounds Atalaia Mother Church and built from the 12th-century Barquinha Park Charola, the Convent was home to the Order of Christ from the 14th Atalaia Mother Church century onwards. This colossal building bears witness to prominent One of the finest examples of figures of Portuguese history such renaissance architecture in as Infante D. Henrique the Navigator, Portugal, it holds inside blue and the Kings Manuel I and his son yellow polychromatic tiles of great João III. Filipe II ordered the artistic value from the 17th century. construction of the Main Cloister This 16th building became a and other impressive works such national monument in 1926. Violant - “Sophia”, Artejo Project The Castle of the Templars as the Pegões Aqueduct. TOMAR FERREIRA DO ZÊZERE The Synagogue Visigothic Grave (15h Century) A set of two Visigoth graves, dug in This is the oldest synagogue in limestone rock with a 500m Portugal. It was built from scratch in distance from each other. the middle of the old Jewish Quarter The Pegões Aqueduct set up by Infante D. Henrique. Also visit: . The Pegões Aqueduct (17h Century); . The Convent of São Francisco (17h Century); . The Chapel of Santa Iria (16h Century); Nª Srª da Graça Church in Areias Festival of the Trays . The Roda do Mouchão; . LOBA II: Trapezoidal, anthropomorphic Nª Srª da Graça Church The Mata Nacional dos Sete Montes; Maximum length: 190 cm in Areias The Church of Santa . The Church of São João Baptista Maria do Olival (15h – 16h Century) The Main Church of Areias has been (13h – 16h Century) a Public Interest Building since Built over a former Benedictine 1944. monastery, this 13th-century Gothic Originally founded in the 15th church has, since the early beginnings century, the temple was rebuilt in of the nation, contained the spirit of the middle of the 16th century, the Knights Templar. The seat of the during the reform of the Order of nullius diocesis and the most Christ, build by Frei António de important of all the churches from Lisboa and João de Castilho. With a de age of the discoverties It has Gothic plan, the building has served as a Pantheon for Templar LOBA III: Oval, not Anthropomorphic The Roda do Mouchão The Synagogue Maximum length: 168 cm dierent stylistic trends. Masters such as D. Gualdim Pais. USEFUL CONTACTS Shelters and other . SOS Emergency: 112 places . Health to sleep Vila Nova da Barquinha: Santiago +351 249 720 900 Compostela Atalaia: +351 249 710 547 Tomar (Hospital): +351 249 320 100 Ferreira do Zêzere: +351 249 360 090 Areias: +351 249 391 184 WHERE TO STAMP YOUR PILGRIM’S PASSPORT . Police Tui Vila Nova da Barquinha: . Vila Nova da Barquinha Caminho de Ponte de Lima +351 249 720 830 Parish Council of Vila Nova da Tomar: +351 249 320 060 Barquinha - Moita do Norte: Ferreira do Zêzere: +351 249 360 100 +351 249 712 099; . Fire Department Café "O Monteiro" - Atalaia; Porto Vila Nova da Barquinha: Parish Council of Atalaia: +351 249 710 619; Santiago +351 249 710 629 Casa do Patriarca, Guesthouse - Atalaia: Tomar: +351 249 329 140 +351 249 710 581; Ferreira do Zêzere: +351 249 361 170 | . Tomar +351 249 361 180 A path with history Tourism Oce of Tomar . Tourist Office Convent of Christ Coimbra Vila Nova da Barquinha: +351 249 720 358 . Ferreira do Zêzere Tomar: +351 249 329 823 Parish Union of Areias and Pias - Areias: Ferreira do Zêzere: +351 249 360 151 +351 249 392 064 | +351 249 391 110 Dornes: +351 249 366 410 +351 249 392 112; Ferreira do Zêzere Tomar Shelters of Areias (A.M.B.E.S. Vila Nova da Barquinha Areias): +351 249 391 120 Santarém Promoter: Co-financing: Start Lisboa Caminho de Santiago Vila Nova da Barquinha Grou Santa Cita Casais Chão de Eiras Areias 700 m 9,5 km 14,8 km 29 km 34 km 41,5 km Golegã Atalaia Asseiceira Tomar Calvinos Ponte de Ceras Alvaiázere Lisboa 2,7 km 11 km 22 km 33 km 36 km Coimbra N CAMINHO DE SANTIAGO The “Caminho de Santiago”, the Portuguese Way that throughout the Middle Ages, was connected the cities of Lisboa, walked by people from all over Porto and Santiago. Tomar, due to Christendom, which allowed the its privileged location – one of the circulation and diusion of ideas, stops between Lisboa and Porto usages and customs. Its role in that guaranteed protection and building a European culture is hospitality since the 12th century unquestionable. by the Templar Castle and later on In Portugal, as the Christian by the Order of Christ - was one of Reconquista moved south, various the fundamental stations on the routes were organized to reach Portuguese Way. Santiago. The most used is called NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND HUMAN OCCUPATION Along the “Caminho de Santiago”, pro- presence of species such as the ceeding from the south to the north, Arbutus unedo L. (strawberry tree), the agricultural landscape, occupied the Crataegus monogyna Jacq. by olive groves (Olea europaea L.), (common hawthorn), the Pyrus temporary dry or irrigated crops, and bourgaeana Decne. (Iberian pear), natural pastures, is replaced by the Olea europaea var. sylvestris settlements of dierent dimensions, (wild-olive), the Prunus spinosa L. with small family vegetable gardens, (blackthorn), as well as oak trees, and extensive forest areas. In a lands like the Quercus suber L. (cork oak), cape where currently the clusters of the Quercus rotundifolia Lam. (holm pure eucalyptus trees prevail, there are oak), the Quercus faginea subsp. also clusters of Pinus pinaster Aiton broteroi (Portuguese oak), the Quercus (maritime pine), Pinus pinea L. (stone coccifera L. (kermes oak) and the pine), and areas of Mediterranean Quercus lusitanica L. (gall oak), with scrub and woodland with native these biotopes being the closest we Portuguese forest species. Among can be to what the primitive vegeta- these, it is possible to highlight the tion cover would have been like. Lavandula stoechas (rosemary) Arbutus unedo L. (strawberry tree) ROUTE DESCRIPTION In the municipality of Vila Nova da As you exit the city, a trail along the Barquinha, the route starts at the Nabão River waits for you. place of Pedregoso, proceeding to Alternatively, a cycling option is the Lameira Farm. The passing of marked, also good for those who the railway line marks the entrance hike during the winter. The two into the locality of Moita Norte. At paths reunite and proceed along a Atalaia, you will find a small resting rural environment, crossing the area next to a Vhils panel (stonewall localities of Casais, Calvinos, Chão carving technique) and, shortly after, das Eiras and Ponte de Ceras. MAP LEGEND the Main Church of Atalaia, classified In the municipality of Ferreira do as a National Monument, since 1926. Zêzere, there is a new choice: Caminho de Santiago A small section of the route follows Caminho de Areias: (Path of the Caminho de Santiago along the N110 until it leaves it, Sands): easy route, mostly done Through Areias through the right, and enters a forest o-road, which passes through area, mostly composed of eucalyptus several interest places, including a Caminho de Santiago trees up to the Grou Valley. dam, two Visigoth graves and Nª Srª Through Portela de Vila Verde The crossing of the Tancos River da Graça Church, classified as a Detour at the Graves marks the entrance into the municipa- Public Interest Building. Cycling Option lity of Tomar. We continue towards Caminho de Portela de Vila Verde: (Portela de Vila Verde Path): Summer Option the localities of Grou and Asseiceira, then proceeding along the N110. Be traditional path, mostly on tarred Watercourse prudent! Before entering the city of road that passes through several Roads Tomar, there are two options: one rural localities. for hikers, and another for cyclists. Contour These two routes will connect while The two options reunite at the doors crossing the IC3 / N110, straight of the Templar city. 0 1 2 km ahead to Alvaiázere. Take your time in these streets and BOM CAMINHO (HAVE A GOOD corners... JOURNEY).