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Mickas Craft Beer
<0.1 mi from the city centre · Vouzela · Portugal
A crossroads town of Lafões: Vouzela
Vouzela grew up where several Roman roads crossed, and its passing trade left coats of arms on manor houses across the historic centre. Read on for a Tacitus milestone, the 13th-century mother church, the 1913 railway bridge, the Fonte da Nogueira legend and the pastel de Vouzela.
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Vouzela grew up where several Roman roads crossed, so travellers had to pass through it. In the Middle Ages muleteers used those roads for trade, and Rua de São Frei Gil, known as Rua da Ponte, was called "the fish road"; later the town lay on the route from the Cortes of Lamego to Lisbon. That steady flow of people and a few distinguished local families left the coats of arms still seen on manor houses throughout the historic centre. A milestone of the Roman emperor Tacitus (AD 275–276) found in Vouzela is on display in the Municipal Museum, and a 1.4 km stretch of paved Roman road at Vau once linked Vouzela with the spa of São Pedro do Sul. King Manuel granted the Charter of Lafões on 15 December 1518. The mother church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção, a national monument, is a Romanesque-Gothic building from the 13th century, notable for the rare bell tower standing in front of its façade. Nearby are the baroque Misericórdia church, the Chapel of São Frei Gil and the 16th-century Casa dos Távoras, linked to the family accused of the attack on King José I. One of the town's symbols is the railway bridge over the River Zela, from late 1913, with 15 masonry arches; it carried trains on the Vouga line between 1914 and 1990 and is now a footpath. Legend says that whoever drinks from the 16th-century Fonte da Nogueira will fall in love with someone from Vouzela and marry here. The best-known sweet is the pastel de Vouzela, born in the town in the 19th century: an orphan adopted by nine sisters, two of them nuns at the Convent of Santa Clara in Porto, later used the recipe they had taught her to feed fourteen mouths. Its very thin, light pastry is filled with sweet egg cream. At Easter look for the folar de Vouzela, a sweet bread filled with sugar and butter.
Craft beer in Vouzela is still a rare find, which makes tracking down a local glass part of the adventure. After a day of Roman roads, old churches and pastries, ask around for something freshly brewed.
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Born in the town in the 19th century, it has very thin, light pastry filled with sweet egg cream. An orphan adopted by nine sisters, two of them nuns at the Convent of Santa Clara in Porto, later used the recipe they taught her to feed fourteen mouths. At Easter look for the folar de Vouzela.
One of the town's symbols is the railway bridge over the River Zela, from late 1913, with 15 masonry arches. It carried trains on the Vouga line between 1914 and 1990 and is now a footpath. Legend says whoever drinks from the 16th-century Fonte da Nogueira will marry someone from Vouzela.
The mother church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção, a national monument, is a Romanesque-Gothic building from the 13th century, notable for the rare bell tower standing in front of its façade. Nearby are the baroque Misericórdia church, the Chapel of São Frei Gil and the 16th-century Casa dos Távoras.