Santuário da Penha

Santuário da Penha is a church in Costa, Guimarães, Braga District. Santuário da Penha is situated nearby to the aerial lift Guimarães Cable Car, as well as near Hotel da Penha.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church building in Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal
Also known as: “Santuario da Penha”, “Santuario de Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Penha”, and “Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Penha”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Guimarães Cable Car and Monte da Penha.

Guimarães Cable Car

Aerial lift

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Guimarães Cable Car or Teleferico de Guimarães, sometimes also known as the Penha Cable Car or Teleférico da Penha, is a gondola lift that connects the city centre of the Portuguese city of Guimarães to the summit of the nearby Monte da Penha, the location of the Penha Sanctuary.

Monte da Penha

Peak

Photo: Manuel Rocha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Monte da Penha, or Monte de Santa Catarina, is the highest point in the Portuguese city of Guimarães, with a height of 613 metres above mean sea level.

Hotel da Penha

Hotel

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urgezes and Azurém.

Urgezes

Village

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Urgezes, previously known as Santo Estêvão de Urgezes, is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 5,259 on an area of 3.31 km2.

Azurém

Village

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Azurém is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the Braga District of Portugal. The population in 2021 was 9,090, in an area of 2.9 km2. One of the campus of the University of Minho if located here. Azurém is situated 3½ km northwest of Santuário da Penha.