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Must See

Decorated buildings, one
an Art Nouveau marvel,
in the Old Quarter

south lies the Igreja das
Carmelitas, its nave and
chancel decorated with
paintings of the life of the
Carmelite reformer, St Teresa.

3 "
Museu de Aveiro
⌂ Ave Santa Joana Princesa
§ 234 423 297 # 10am–
12:30pm, 1:30–6pm Tue– Denied access to the sea, dunes and woods as well
Sun ¢ 1 Jan, 1 May, Easter
Sun, 25 Dec Aveiro declined, its population as the lagoon, and is home
cut down by the fever bred in to a large and varied bird
The former Mosteiro de Jesus the stagnant waters. It was population, including pintails
is full of mementoes of Santa not until 1808 that the barra and gos hawks. Of the boats
Joana, who died here in 1490. nova was created, linking seen here, the most elegant
The daughter of Afonso V, Aveiro once more to the sea. is the moliceiro. Despite the
Joana retreated to the convent The lagoon that remains bright, often humorous
in 1472 and spent the rest of covers some 65 sq km decoration on its high, curving
her life here. She was beatified (25 sq miles), and is nearly prow, this is a working boat,
in 1693 and her ornamental 50 km (30 miles) long, from harvesting moliço (seaweed)
Baroque marble tomb is in the Furadouro south past Aveiro’s for fertilizer. Chemical
lower choir. The 18th-century salt pans and the Reserva fertilizers have drastically
paintings in the chapel show Natural das Dunas de São cut demand for moliço, but a
scenes of her life. This was Jacinto (Nature Reserve of São few of the stately craft survive;
once the needlework room Jacinto) to Costa Nova. The the Festa da Ria in July is a
where Santa Joana died. reserve includes beaches, chance to see them in full sail.
Among the Portuguese
primitive paintings is a 15th-
century full-face portrait of Aveiro Lagoon
the princess in court dress.
Other interesting things to Canal de São Roque Ria de Aveiro
see in this museum include São Jacinto
the superb gilded chancel Gafanha
(1725–9), the 15th-century PARQUE DOS REMADORES OLIMPICOS RUA DOM da Nazaré
Ponte dos
cloisters and the refectory, Botirões JORGE LENCASTRE Praia da Aveiro
Barra
which is decorated in local OLD
Coimbra tiles. Between the CAIS DOS BOITRÕES QUARTER 0 kilometres 5
refectory and chapterhouse RUA DOS ARRAIS 0 kilometres 5
RUA ABEL RIBEIRO
lies the Gothic tomb of an CAIS DAS FALCOEIRAS CAIS DOS MERCANTÉIS R. DAS SALINEIRAS
R. SARGENTO
armoured knight, Dom João R. DAS VELAS CLEMENTE DE MORAIS
de Albuquerque. LARGO DO Mercado Railway Station
(1 km)
RUA DE JOÃO ROSSIO PRAÇA DO do Peixe R. D. CARRANCHO R. JOSÉ ESTÉVÃO AV ENI DA D O UTOR
AFONSO DE
AVEIRO
PEIXE
4 Jardim do Rossio LOUR EN ÇO P EI XI N HO
RUA DO DOUTOR
B. DE MAGALHÃES
Ria de Aveiro Canal das Pirâmides Canal Central PRAÇA GENERAL RUA DE HOMEM CRISTO
R. JOÃO MENDONÇA
R U A D O CLUBE DOS G A LI TOS DELGADO FORUM
HUMBERTO
Old maritime charts do not Misericórdia AVEIRO
show a lagoon here, but in PRAÇA DA
REPÚBLICA
1575 a terrible storm raised a R. DE J. RABUMBA Paços do C AÇADORES 10
sand bar that blocked the Jardim do R. DA LIBERDADE R . BELÉM DO PARÁ Catedral de
R . BATALHÃO DE
Concelho
harbour to create the lagoon. Alboi São Domingos
0 metres 200 N
RUA DE COIMBRA
Museu de
0 yards 200 Aveiro
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