Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço)
Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço) is a church in Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço) is situated nearby to the heritage site Casa da Quinta da Calçada, as well as near the church Capela de São Julião.Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Melgaço, Portugal
- Also known as: “Capela de Nossa Senhora da Orada”
- Address: Moreira, Moreira, Melgaço
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Casa da Quinta da Calçada and Castle of Melgaço.
Casa da Quinta da Calçada
Heritage site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casa da Quinta da Calçada is a heritage site, which is situated 460 metres southwest of Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço).
Castle of Melgaço
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
The Castle of Melgaço 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. Castle of Melgaço is situated 1 km southwest of Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço).
Cruzeiro de São Julião
Wayside cross
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cruzeiro de São Julião is a wayside cross, which is situated 480 metres south of Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melgaço Municipality and Chaviães.
Melgaço Municipality
Town
Melgaço, officially the Town of Melgaço, is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,213, in an area of 238.25 km2.
Chaviães
Village
Chaviães is a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Chaviães e Paços. It has a population of 431 inhabitants and a total area of 4.47 km2.
Roussas
Village
Roussas is a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Vila e Roussas. It has a population of 1139 inhabitants and a total area of 4.46 km2.
Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço)
- Categories: chapel, cultural heritage, heritage site, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.12015° or 42° 7′ 13″ northLongitude
-8.25247° or 8° 15′ 9″ westOpen location code
8CJH4PCX+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 374370290OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q9695537
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In Other Languages
From Galician to Portuguese—“Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Melgaço)” goes by many names.
- Galician: “capela da Nosa Señora da Orada”
- Galician: “Capela de Nossa Senhora da Orada”
- German: “Capela de Nossa Senhora da Orada”
- Portuguese: “Capela de Nossa Senhora da Orada”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Orada”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capela de São Julião and Segurança Social de Melgaço.
Nearby Places
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