Civic •
Bridge of Arcos de Valdevez () – constructed during the nineteenth century, beginning in 1876 and finalized in 1880, to replace the medieval construction. The monument is composed of stone blocks in four arcs with ample lateral accesses in a Roman style that open to a flat platform. •
Castro of Ázere (), a fortified
castro placement in Monte, erected during the Iron Age, but inhabited from the eighth century B.C.; •
Dolmens of Serra do Soajo (), a group of
dolmen constructions, in various states of ruin, used by the ancient settlers of the region, in the foothills of the Serra do Gêres, near Mezio and Cabana Maior; •
Manor of Quinta de Aboim () – located in the parish of Aboim das Choças, is an example of a nobleman's eighteenth-century manor house; •
Pillory of Arcos de Valdevez () – in 1515 King
Manuel I had this stone structure built in the main square, but it was moved in 1700 from the Municipal Square () to the river's edge, until finally being re-erected in a small square along a strip near the main church. In 1998, it was replaced in its present location. Designed by João Lopes, it is a single structure in the form of a twisted
colonnade, surmounted by the Portuguese military sphere and national shield, atypical of common pillory use. •
Summer-House of Requeijo () – a manor house with a characteristic rectangular plan from the eighteenth century, and constructed with two towers, three-floors, and a lateral Franciscan chapel. The main floor is encircled with elaborate entrances and columns.
Religious •
Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição () – a seventeenth-century chapel dedicated to
Our Lady of the Conception; •
Church of Arcos de Valdevez () – this church was constructed under the guidance of King
Pedro II, during the eighteenth century over the medieval ruins. Its interior is richly decorated with gold-leaf cornices and wood-carved ornamentation from the late eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. In 1776 the Calvário chapel, along the southern annex, was completed in the Rococo style; •
Church of Nossa Senhora da Lapa () – was constructed to the cult of Nossa Senhora da Lapa, with influences from the Beira region, it was completed in 1767, and is characterized by a central plan with a tower and the main chapel designed by André Soares in the Baroque style. The interior, including the altars and ornamentation was completed in the
Rococo-style. •
Church of São Bento () – dedicated to
Saint Benedict, is located on a prominent overlook, west of the village, it was completed in 1674, incorporating the older Franciscan Monsatary (today survived by a lone house), and decorated with
azulejo and diverse religious images from the seventeenth century; •
Church of São Paio () – its construction was begun in 1781 and completed in the nineteenth century, it includes a single bell and staircase, apparently influenced by architecture in Oporto. Azulejos on the front façade date back to the nineteenth century. •
Church of the Espírito Santo () – the church dedicated to the Holy Spirit, was established by the
Confraria do Espírito Santo in 1681, in the
Mannerist-style and remodelled during the nineteenth century in the neo-Classical tradition. Its interior shows notable examples of seventeenth-century paintings, as well as a sculpted pulpit that is attributed to the Arcuense manuel Gomes, based on original plans by the painter Álvares Costa. •
Church of the Misericórdia e Cruzeiro () – in 1595, the
Confraria da Misericórdia (
the Brotherhood of the Misericórdia) was established in Arcos, and promoted the construction of the villages first temple, which was completed in 1710. The church presents a Rococo architecture, that is richly decorated in Baroque (the main and side doorways) and neo-Classical (pulpits and sacristy) elements. Located in an enclosed lateral square, formerly the old cemetery, it is an example of eighteenth-century design, with a base decorated with representations of the life of
Christ. •
Monastery of Ázere () – a Benedictine monastery •
Monastery of Ermelo (), a Romanesque monastery and church, but also a group of churches that correspond to the area of the River Lima, it was heavily altered in 1760. From the writings of Carlos Alberto F. de Almeida (1988), the decoration of the capitals and corners show an evolution in comparison to those in the Minho watershed, comparable to those in Valdreu (Terras de Bouro), Fervença (Celorico de Basto), and Ferreira (Paços de Ferreira). ==Sport==