Chaviães Church

Chaviães Church is a church in , . Chaviães Church is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the town .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Chaviães, Melgaço Portugal
  • Also known as: “Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena” and “Igreja Paroquial de Chaviães”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço) and Castle of Melgaço.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1¼ km south of Chaviães Church.

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
The is located in Vila parish, Melgaço municipality, Viana do Castelo district, in Portugal. As the main defense of the crossing of the Alto Minho river to Galicia, it constitutes the most northern sentry point in Portugal from the twelfth century. is situated 2 km southwest of Chaviães Church.

Heritage site
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is a heritage site, which is situated 1½ km south of Chaviães Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chaviães and O Mosteiro.

Village
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is a former civil parish in the municipality of in the , Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish e Paços. It has a population of 431 inhabitants and a total area of 4.47 km2.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Town
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Melgaço, officially the Town of Melgaço, is a municipality in the district of in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,213, in an area of 238.25 km2.

Chaviães Church

Latitude
42.13064° or 42° 7′ 50″ north
Longitude
-8.2502° or 8° 15′ 1″ west
Open location code
8CJH4PJX+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183841834
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q10300323
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