O Palácio Pina Manique é um palácio inacabado em Manique do Intendente, Azambuja. A construção do palácio deve-se ao intendente Pina Manique, no entanto ficou inacabado devido a problemas monetários, e mais tarde devido à morte de Pina Manique.
Actualmente é uma igreja substituindo a capela. Também é a Casa do Povo e já foi um ATL.
É considerado pela Direcção-Geral do Património Cultural um imóvel de interesse público.
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O Palácio de Pina Manique começou a ser edificado no projeto que o Intendente Diogo Inácio de Pina Manique tinha para a vila numa tentativa de a tornar grandiosa, incluindo-a talvez na rota das grandes cidades. Entretanto, o seu afastamento do cargo de Intendente e, depois, a sua morte acabaram por impedir a concretização do projeto e consequentemente o palácio ficou inacabado, acabando por assim ficar até agora e caindo gradualmente na ruína.
Com o possível início das obras nos finais do século XVIII este majestoso palácio, que iria servir de residência, nunca teve uma data de finalização tal como nunca foi terminado, restando apenas a fachada. Situado no Largo de Pina Manique, este pressuposto palácio impõe-se a este largo com a sua monumental fachada que integra ao centro a capela, que viria a servir a população fazendo desta a Igreja Matriz de Manique do Intendente.
Nos corpos laterais, no piso superior todos os rasgos das janelas são em verga reta sobrepujada por frontão curvo ou semicircular correspondendo, no piso térreo, a vãos simétricos com uma configuração diferenciada, alguns dos quais com molduras rusticadas. Ambos os corpos laterais são rematados por balaustrada, interrompidas por socos coroadas por esculturas que ainda se conservam. O templo é antecedido por uma escadaria, com a fachada em três arcos de volta perfeita que suporta uma sacada em guarda de pedra, para a qual se rasgam três janelas de frontões triangulares. É rematado por um frontão semicircular,com um obelisco no topo.
Com uma classificação muito recente, está simplesmente como Imóvel de Interesse Público.
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A Torre das Cabaças, também conhecida simplesmente como Torre do Relógio, localiza-se na freguesia de Marvila, cidade de Santarém, Concelho e Distrito de Santarém, em Portugal.

A atual torre-relógio remonta ao reinado de D. Manuel I (1495-1521), sendo datada de meados do século XV. Foi erguida a partir de uma estrutura defensiva envolvente da Porta do Alporão, que se rasgava nas muralhas do Castelo de Santarém.

O nome "das Cabaças" fixou-se popularmente a partir de fins do século XVIII, devido à colocação de oito cabaças de barro em uma estrutura de ferro que suporta um sino de bronze de grandes dimensões, fundido em 1604. O povo identificou, jocosamente, essas cabaças às cabeças "ocas" dos seus vereadores municipais.

Encontra-se classificada como Monumento Nacional por Decreto de 3 de Fevereiro de 1928.

Atualmente encontra-se requalificada como "Núcleo Museológico do Tempo", administrado pelo Museu Municipal de Santarém, exibindo exposição documental.

Características

A torre apresenta uma planta quadrada, em estilo maneirista, elevando-se a 26,8 metros de altura. Os seus muros são rasgados por oito janelas, sendo rematada por uma estrutura metálica com oito púcaros de barro em forma de cabaça e que servem de caixa de ressonância ao sino do relógio.

Um imponente sino de bronze, datado de 1604, sinaliza as horas do relógio mecânico.

Torre das Cabaças

The Castle of Alenquer (Portuguese: Castelo de Alenquer), is a Portuguese medieval castle in civil parish of Alenquer (Santo Estêvão e Triana), in the municipality of Alenquer, in the district of Lisbon.

History

The territory of "Alan Cana" was conquered in 714 by Muslims, who established a fortress (alcaçova). To the north are two rectangular towers, whose lines demonstrate Muslim influences, but without direct connection to Muslim architecture.

Following two months of siege, D. Afonso Henriques' forces took the fortress and likely began repairs on the fortifications, while settling partisans within the territory.

By the first half of the 13th century, the castle was one of the important defensive structures in the north of Lisbon. In 1211, King D. Sancho I constructed a royal palace and donated it to his daughter, Sancha, who would eventually take refuge there following a disagreement with her brother, the Infante D. Afonso II (who disagreed with their fathers gifting of the castle).  She officially began living in Alenquer beginning in 1212, at which time D. Afonso II encircled the castle. In order to resolve the dispute between the siblings, Pope Innocence III placed the castle in charge of the Knights Templar in 1216, proving the military relevance of the structure at that time.

The castle's proprietorship passed in 1340, to D. Constância, wife of King D. Pedro I. At the beginning of this period, Alenquer began to be an integral part of the patrimony of the Portuguese Queens, being successively donated to sovereigns of the Kingdom. The work to build the structure were primarily instigated in the 14th century, by Queen Isabel when she began visiting the village. The majority of artefacts from the castle's construction indicate a chronological distinction during this Gothic period. The oval plan and keep tower addorsed to the walls were highlights of this style. The walls were covered by protected embattlements with rectangular merlons, and near the river, constructed as a defensive link to water resources was the "Torre da Couraça". It is likely that these 18 metres (59 ft) high structures were later to the castle and highly modified within the progressing years.

In 1384, Castilian forces take Alenquer, forcing the Master of Aviz, John I of Castile to lay siege to the fortress. After a period, the alcalde, Vasco Pires de Camões surrendered the fortifications, but as a reprisal for the former-alcalde's conspiracy against him, he ordered the removal of the cornerstones of the keep tower and lowered the walls.

It was only by 1439 that, continuing in the possession of the Queens of Portugal, D. Leonor Teles ordered that the walls be raised. Sometime around 1578, the castle cistern fell into ruin.

Following the allegiance shown by the town of Alenquer to D. António, Prior of Crato, in his struggle to maintain the Portuguese throne, little support was given to maintain the castle. Falling into ruin, the population began using the stones from the wall to fabricate their own homes.

In 1740, though, a small chapel was constructed over the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Gate. Ten years later, the Royal Academy and King Joseph I of Portugal recommended the conservation of the military grounds. But, these efforts were in vain: in 1755, the Lisbon earthquake caused the destruction of the two tower gates.

Similarly, following the Battle of Buçaco in 1810, the castle suffered damage, due to the garrisoning of troops associated with the Lines of Torres Vedras.

In the 19th century, the need to open a gateway between the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Gate and square, obliged the municipal authority to destroy part of the lower wall.

In 1927, archaeologist Hipólito Cabaço, proceed with clearing of the cistern, and recovered objects that permitted dating of the structure. Similar excavations in 1940 alongside the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Gate allowed archeologists to prove the existence of a prehistoric settlement on the site. As part of the archeological recovery of the site, the DGMEN demolished the chapel over the Gate, and proceeded to partially restore the walls, but the project was incomplete, and it remained unfinished.

Architecture

The castle is situated in the urban centre, over the remains of the primitive Muslim fortress, at the highest point of the town surrounded by forest. Alongside the former Jewish quarter, the castle walls encircle the urban area to the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Gate and the corridor towers. The interior is marked by a spring/fountain. Little remains of the primitive fortress except some walls.

The castle has a long, irregular plan that follows the morphology of the terrain and by the urban organization, in addition to the rest of primitive fortress. Of its original fortifications, only the northwest perimeter exists, in addition to a segment in the north and around the tower. The curtain of walls to the north includes three rectangular towers, with two arched doorways. The left tower, with strong lower backstop, along with the one in the northeast, are surmounted by terrace and parapets, and the right by rectangular construction with tile roof and small belfry.

The Gothic castle in Alenquer was organized into two enclosures: an upper courtyard, that conformed to the topography of the terrain, where the Muslim alcáova existed; and the inferior terrace that covered a much wider area, that protected the primitive urban agglomeration. Of the various stages of development little is known. It is presumed that the first structure was the Muslim fortification and settlement, and that after it was conquered in 1148, a new wave building began, such as in Lisbon, Sintra, Almada and Palmela at the time.

The castle fortifications are accessible by arched doorway. The curtain of walls are crowned by rectangular merlons and lined by battlements, in some areas protected by parapets.

The main rectangular tower extends 18.60 metres (61.0 ft) above the river, connected by a corridor to defend the walls. Both structures were reused for housing, and the walls incorporated into local constructions.

Castle of Alenquer

The Castle of Alcanede (Portuguese: Castelo de Alcanede), is a Portuguese medieval castle in civil parish of Alcanede, in the municipality of Santarém, in the Ribatejo district of Santarém.

History

Taken by the Romans in 49 B.C. the castro structure was expanded and successively occupied by Alans and Moors.

In 1091, the settlement was conquered by forces loyal to Count D. Henrique.

In the course of political expansion and dominion, it was reconquered in the 12th century by D. Afonso Henriques who issued a foral (charter) for new settlers. Around 1163, though, it was donated to Gonçalo Mendes de Sousa, alcalde, who reconstructed the structure at his own cost.

In 1187, it was donated to the Order of the Knights Templar by King D. Sancho I.

This transfer was confirmed in a letter in 1300 by King D. Dinis. But, within a few years (1318) its title was transferred to the Order of Aviz. During this period the important construction of the keep tower, with its crown of merlons, was undertaken.

In 1370, during the reign of King D. Ferdinand, the men of Alcanede were free to participate in the work on the castle of Santarém, as long as they were able to maintain the walls in Alcanede.

A new foral was issued in 1514 by King D. Manuel, marking a period of prosperity for the town. In addition to the foral, the King also paid for part of the work on the castle and the parochial church, even as the extent of the interventions are largely unknown.

On 28 February 1531, the structure was totally destroyed during the course of an earthquake that affected the entirety of the Portuguese Estremadura. Losing much of its military function, the strategic importance decreased and there was little interest by the Crown or Order of Aviz to reconstruct the castle.

In 1936 the structure was discovered in a state of almost complete ruin, existing only "a few curtain walls in continuous disaggregation and two corners".

Work on recuperating and restoring the structure began in 1941 following the same vestiges that existed. Between 1944 and 1949 progress continued on repairing the walls, towers and barbican, including construction of a staircase and the vaulted ceiling in the tower.  In 1954 new public works were undertake to consolidate the fortification, which were repeated in 1973, with repairs in the parapets of the walls.

As part of a heritage designation, on 1 June 1992, the property was transferred to the possession of the Instituto Português do Património Arquitetónico (Portuguese Institute for Architectural Patrimony) by decree 106F/92 (Diário da Repúblic, Série 1A, 126). On 20 December 2007, its title was transferred to the regional Direção Regional da Cultura de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (Regional Directorate for Culture for Lisbon and Tagus Valley), under dispatch 1130/2007 (Diário da Repúblic, Série 2, 245), confirmed in a similar dispatch on 24 August 2009.

Architecture

The castle is situated in a rural position, isolated at the top of a hilltop, encircled by deep vegetation, its principal structures oriented towards the east.