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Abreu Távora Palace - Carreira House

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Beautiful civic building

This palace is one of the most beautiful civic buildings of the city, and is on the corner of Avenida Conde da Barreira and Rua Cândido dos Reis. It was built by Fernando Brandao (sixteenth century) as the residence of Távoras Abreu (Condes de Carreira, whose herald might be on the front) and was remodeled (eighteenth century) by the military architect Manuel Pinto Villalobos. The building occupies an entire city block and has typical Manueline architecture, with beautiful windows and doors framed in carved stone. The north facade has a small chapel annexed in Baroque style. From 1972 it has housed

The offices of the City or Municipal House.
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