Ribeiro do Figueiral

Places of Interest

Pocinho railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nuno Morão, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pocinho railway station is located on the Iberian gauge Douro line, which serves the town of Pocinho, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Coa, in northern Portugal. Pocinho railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Ribeiro do Figueiral.

Pocinho Dam

Industrial building

Photo: Pedro, CC BY 2.0.

Pocinho Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Douro, where the river forms the border line between the districts of Guarda and Bragança. It is located in the municipality Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in Guarda District, Portugal. Pocinho Dam is situated 3 km northwest of Ribeiro do Figueiral.

Places in the Area

Pocinho

Hamlet

Photo: André Marques, CC BY 2.0.

Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line, so the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887. Pocinho is situated 3½ km northwest of Ribeiro do Figueiral.

Urrós

Village

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Urrós is a former parish of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo, with an area of 57.43 km2 and 265 inhabitants. Urrós is situated 6 km southeast of Ribeiro do Figueiral.

Vila Nova de Foz Côa

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. It principal draw for visitors are the sites of prehistoric rock art scattered through the nearby Côa Valley, and the museum in town that serves as a portal for understanding them.

Ribeiro do Figueiral

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