Escoural Cave (Montemor-o-Novo): the Escoural Cave, located out of town, it’s an important reference point. It was classified national monument and it’s famous for its paintings and numerous rupestral engravings. The Escoural Cave it’s the most western place in Europe with phaleolitical art and it was discovered in 1963, when some men were working in a stone-pit.
S. Domingos Convent Museological Nucleus (Montemor-o-Novo): this nucleus is located, as the name says, at the S. Domingos Convent, a Dominican Convent, founded on the transition to the 17th century. The nucleus involves archaeology, pottery, religious art, ethnography and tauromachy rooms.
Courela da Casa Nova Menhir/ Courela do Guita Menhir (Montemor-o-Novo): this menhir is located on the road between Montemor-o-Novo and Vendas-Novas. Behind the ancient hill, the 2,70 m high menhir, actually showing the granite, was until the 70’s whitewashed and located in the middle of a hencoop. |
