Borba Attractions
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The attractive old world little town of Borba (6km/4mi north of Vila Viçosa) is renowned for the white marble quarried nearby.
The life of the town revolves around the Praça do Cinco de Outubro with the town hall (1797) and parish church. Also worth a visit is the church of Sao Bartolomeu, a 16th C. Renaissance building with a beautiful door, brightly painted stone vaulting and rich azulejo cladding. In the Convento das Servas note the two story cloister with an azulejoclad fountain in the middle. Near the town center, at the junction with the road to Vila Viçosa, stands the Fonte das Bicas (1781), a magnificent marble fountain in its own little park.
The life of the town revolves around the Praça do Cinco de Outubro with the town hall (1797) and parish church. Also worth a visit is the church of Sao Bartolomeu, a 16th C. Renaissance building with a beautiful door, brightly painted stone vaulting and rich azulejo cladding. In the Convento das Servas note the two story cloister with an azulejoclad fountain in the middle. Near the town center, at the junction with the road to Vila Viçosa, stands the Fonte das Bicas (1781), a magnificent marble fountain in its own little park.
