Aldeias Históricas de Portugal

Villages

Manueline House

Sortelha

Sortelha

Residential building built in the 16th century, with a two-storey rectangular floor plan. It has an exterior staircase with a stone guardrail, a balcony and openings with straight non-protruding lintels. It features a Manueline window decorated with an ogee (a pointed arch formed by two convex and two concave curves) and a door with bevelled doorframes. It is also decorated with a corbel to support vases and an engraved cross.