Casa do Penedo
Casa do Penedo is an architectural monument located between Celorico de Basto and Fafe, in northern Portugal. It received its name because it was built from four large boulders that serve as the foundation, walls and ceiling of the house.Photo: Feliciano Guimarães, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: stone house and architectural monument located between Celorico de Basto and Fafe
- Also known as: “Boulder House”, “Stone House”, and “The Stone house”
- Address: Fafe
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gandarela de Basto and Freguesia de Outeiro.
Gandarela de Basto
Town
Gandarela de Basto is a town in Portugal. It is part of the Celorico de Basto Municipality. Gandarela de Basto is situated 4½ km southeast of Casa do Penedo.
Freguesia de Outeiro
Village
Photo: FF Mira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freguesia de Outeiro is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Casa do Penedo.
Alvite
Village
Alvite is a former civil parish in the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alvite e Passos. Alvite is situated 5 km east of Casa do Penedo.
Casa do Penedo
- Categories: house, stone building, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: União de freguesias de Moreira do Rei e Várzea Cova, Fafe Municipality, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.48816° or 41° 29′ 17″ northLongitude
-8.06774° or 8° 4′ 4″ westOpen location code
8CHHFWQJ+7WOpenStreetMap ID
way 265456132OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q9698886
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Casa do Penedo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Casa do Penedo”
- Chinese: “石头屋”
- French: “Casa do Penedo”
- Portuguese: “Casa do penedo”
- Portuguese: “Casa do Penedo”
- Russian: “Дом-камень”
- Spanish: “Casa do Penedo”
- Ukrainian: “Casa do Penedo”
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