MONDIM DE BASTO + SANTUÁRIO DE NOSSA SENHORA DA GRAÇA

 

MONDIM DE BASTO

+ Senhora da Graça

N 41º 24' 10''; W 7º 57' 07''

Mondim de Basto is a village, a seat of the municipality with the same name. The municipality of Mondim de Basto is located in the region of Northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real, having belonged to the extinct province of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. Although geographically linked to Baixo Tâmega, it is part of the statistical sub-region NUTS III do Ave. The population of the village was fixed at 3,273 inhabitants (2011).
The municipality has 172.08 km² of the area and 7 493 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 6 parishes. The municipality is limited to the northeast by Ribeira de Pena, to the southeast by Vila Real, to the southwest by Amarante, to the west by Celorico de Basto, and the northwest by Cabeceiras de Basto.
Town and county seat, Mondim de Basto rests on fertile soil on the left bank of the Tâmega River and at the foot of the grand green pyramid of Monte Farinha, crowned by the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Graça.

SANTUÁRIO DE NOSSA SENHORA DA GRAÇA

(SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF GRACE)

41° 24′ 59″ N, 7° 54′ 56.37″ W

Sanctuary located about 990 m above sea level, at the top of Monte Farinha, or Monte de Nossa Senhora da Graça, reaching a privileged 360º view over the Tâmega valley and the mountains of Alvão, Marão, Barroso and Cabreira. The current sanctuary rebuilt in 1775, entirely in granite, has much older origins with cults prior to S. Veríssimo and Santo Apolinário, where there is still a fountain with the same name today. It has three chapels dedicated to the Annunciation, from 1886, to the Visitation, from 1933 and the Nativity, from 1934. Laterally, there is another lower one, called Alto dos Palhaços, formerly called Monte Meão or Mesquita and a stone large dimensions called Pedra Alta. Monte Farinha, surrounded by ancient legends of enchanted Moors, has at its base an old Iron Age fort, called Castroeiro. This sanctuary has two large festivals, the first dedicated to S. Tiago, on the 25th of July, and the second to Nossa Senhora da Graça, on the first Sunday of September. The access is made by road that runs through the spiral hill, where there are several places for resting and picnics, with fountains and shaded areas. At the foot of the hill, right at the beginning of the road is an old ranger's house, currently converted into a BTT Center and a picnic area with shady areas and a small lake.

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 SEARCH IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER IN 

THE DISTRICT OF VILA REAL.

Alijó;

Atei           (Mondim de Basto);

Alto  Douro  Vinhateiro   ( World Heritage );

Alvão  Natural  Park    +    Fisgas de Ermelo;

Bilhó        (Mondim de Basto);

Boticas; 

Carrazedo  de   Montenegro;

Chaves;

Eiró              (Boticas);

Fornos  do  Pinhal;

Granja         (Boticas);

Granjinha   (Chaves);

Mesão  Frio;

Mondim  de  Basto    +    Senhora  da  Graça;

Montalegre;

Murça; 

Oura  (Boticas);

Peso  da  Régua;

Pinhão;

Pitões  das  Júnias;

Possacos                      +                 Cachão;

Provesende;

Ribeira  de  Pena        +       Ponte de Arame;

Sabrosa;

Santa  Marta  de  Penaguião;

Santo  Estevão    (Chaves);

São  Lourenço     (Chaves);

São  Pedro  de  Agostém    (Chaves);
Valpaços; 

Vidago;

Vila Nova da Veiga    (Chaves);

Vila Pouca de Aguiar;

VILA  REAL   +   Casa  de  Mateus;

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Return to mainland Portugal & 

the Azores and Madeira islands

VIANA DO CASTELO;
VILA REAL;
BRAGANÇA;
BRAGA;
PORTO ;
AVEIRO;
VISEU;
GUARDA ;
COIMBRA;
CASTELO BRANCO;
LEIRIA;
LISBOA;
SANTARÉM;
PORTALEGRE;
SETÚBAL;
ÉVORA;
BEJA;
FARO = ALGARVE;

AZORES ISLANDS;

MADEIRA ISLAND;

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