Main Sights
- Mother Church (15th century), in Romanesque style. The façade is flanked by two large towers with merlons at the top, while in the middle is a Gothic portal with archivolts decorated by sculptures of the Passion of Christ and of the Apostles. The interior is on the Latin cross plan, with a nave and two aisles, spearated by arches supported by pillars. The chapels of St. Bernard and of the Holy Sacrament are attributed to João Lopes the Elder.
- Cathedral
- Geraz do Lima carriage museum
- Castelo do Neiva: the castle has been owned by the parish of Viana do Castelo since the beginning of the 19th century.
- The so-called "Mercy" is a Flemish-style edifice from 1589
- Renaissance fountain (1535) in the Major Square
- Church of Sâo Domingos (1576)
- Church of Santa Luzia (19th century), designed by Miguel Ventura Terra
- Palacio de Tavoras, a noble residence from the 16th-17th centuries
- Nossa Senhora da Agonia, church in Roccoco style
- Paços do Conselho ("Palace of the Council", 1502), of which only the façade remains today
- Municipal Museum, housed in an 18th-century building and home to
- Monument to Caramuru and Paraguaçu by Jose Rodrigues at the Republic square.
Nearby is the Santiago da Barra Fort.
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