Quinta de Baixo
Quinta de Baixo is a castle in Vilar de Andorinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District. Quinta de Baixo is situated nearby to the square Largo de Francisco Rodrigues, as well as near the church Igreja Paroquial de Vilar de Andorinho.Photo: Daosousa, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Observatório Astronómico da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto/Professor Manuel de Barros e respetivas instalações and Monte da Virgem.
Observatório Astronómico da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto/Professor Manuel de Barros e respetivas instalações
University
Photo: Ricardo Saraiva de Almeida, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Observatório Astronómico da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto/Professor Manuel de Barros e respetivas instalações is an university, which is situated 1½ km west of Quinta de Baixo.
Capela de São Tiago
Church
Photo: Inclusiverainbow, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capela de São Tiago is a church, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Quinta de Baixo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avintes and Oliveira do Douro.
Avintes
Town
Photo: Manuel de Sousa, CC BY 2.5.
Avintes is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. The population in 2021 was 10,838, in an area of 8.82 km2. It is known in Portugal as "Terra da Broa", meaning "Land of the Broa", referring to the Broa de Avintes, a typical farmhouse bread widely consumed in Northern Portugal, which originated in Avintes.
Oliveira do Douro
Suburb
Oliveira do Douro is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. The population in 2011 was 22,383, in an area of 7.54 km².
Mafamude
Suburb
Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mafamude is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Mafamude e Vilar do Paraíso. Mafamude is situated 3 km west of Quinta de Baixo.
Quinta de Baixo
- Type: Castle
- Also known as: “Quinta dos Condes Paço Vitorino”
- Categories: quinta, cultural heritage, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vilar de Andorinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.10405° or 41° 6′ 15″ northLongitude
-8.57106° or 8° 34′ 16″ westOpen location code
8CHH4C3H+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 591893213OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q10356355
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In Other Languages
“Quinta de Baixo” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Quinta de Baixo”
- Portuguese: “Quinta dos Condes de Paço Vitorino”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Largo de Francisco Rodrigues and Igreja Paroquial de Vilar de Andorinho.
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