Quinta da Cardiga, Entroncamento
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RuiJSDuarte
N 39° 26.721 W 008° 26.929
29S E 547427 N 4366344
Two of the wonderful decorated doors on this ancient farm.
Waymark Code: WMCXG8
Location: Santarém, Portugal
Date Posted: 10/23/2011
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Farm with magnificent and peculiar characteristics, having been donated to the Knights Templar in 1169 by D. Afonso Henriques, to land clearing and cultivation. Extinguished this Order, the area passed to Freires of Christ, being successively donated to several orders until the nineteenth century when it was bought by several farmers.
Type of material of the door: Wood
Functional door?: Yes
Location of this door/way: On private property
Is it accessable only by paid admission": Free but in a restricted area
Style: Romanesque
Address or physical location:
Rua do Tejo, São Caetano
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