Cemitério de Rates

Cemitério de Rates is a cemetery in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District. Cemitério de Rates is situated nearby to the church Monastery of Rates, as well as near the museum Núcleo Museológico de Rates.

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. Monastery of Rates is situated 340 metres north of Cemitério de Rates.

Pillory of Rates

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pillory of Rates is situated 450 metres north of Cemitério de Rates.

Igreja de São Cristóvão de Rio Mau

Church

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Igreja de São Cristóvão de Rio Mau is a church in Vila do Conde, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. Igreja de São Cristóvão de Rio Mau is situated 2½ km south of Cemitério 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.