Mosteiro de Rates

Mosteiro de Rates is a monastery in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District. Mosteiro de Rates is situated nearby to the church Monastery of Rates, as well as near Capela do Senhor da Praça.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monastery of Rates and Pillory of Rates.

Monastery of Rates

Church

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The Monastery of Rates was a Benedictine monastery located in the parish of Rates in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, in Portugal. The part of the monastery that has survived to this day is the bell-tower and, most importantly, the Church dedicated to St Peter of Rates, mostly known as Romanesque Church of Rates, which is a national monument since 1910.

Pillory of Rates

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Pillory of Rates is situated 110 metres north of Mosteiro de Rates.

Capela do Senhor da Praça

Church

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Capela do Senhor da Praça is a church, which is situated 100 metres north of Mosteiro de Rates.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rates and Fontaínhas.

Rates

Town

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Rates is a Portuguese parish and a former township located in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim. The population in 2011 was 2,505, in an area of 13.90 km2.

Fontaínhas

Hamlet

Fontaínhas is a Portuguese village in the civil parish of Balazar in the district of Póvoa de Varzim. It is on the N206 road at the boundary with the parish of Rates.

Freguesia de Rio Mau

Village

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Freguesia de Rio Mau is a village, which is situated 3 km southwest of Mosteiro de Rates.

Mosteiro de Rates

Type: Monastery
Category: religion
Location: Rates, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.42331° or 41° 25′ 24″ north

Longitude

-8.67219° or 8° 40′ 20″ west

Elevation

52 metres (171 feet)

Open location code

8CHHC8FH+84

GeoNames ID

13631409

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