Praça de São Salvador da Baía

Praça de São Salvador da Baía is in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District. Praça de São Salvador da Baía is situated near Largo do Padre Arnaldo Moreira, as well as near the church Monastery of Rates.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Monastery of Rates and Pillory of Rates.

Monastery of Rates

Church

Photo: PedroPVZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Pillory of Rates

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Capela do Senhor da Praça

Church

Photo: PedroPVZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Capela do Senhor da Praça is a church.

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.