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Roman road; Boavista Belvedere; Pedra da Moura in Font\u00e3o; Coat of Arms (P\u00f3voas Coat of Arms; Coat of Arms of the Saraiva family in Refoios;&nbsp;Coats of Arms on graves by the church; Coat of Arms on Quinta Carvalheira; Coat of Arms on Quinta Branca).Festivities: Santo Amaro Festival, Santo Ant\u00e3o Festival, S\u00e3o Roque Festival, Parish Holiday Celebrations, Nossa Senhora da Gra\u00e7a Festival (Patroness of the Parish), the Monthly Market &#8211; held on a Tuesday between the 22nd and 28th of each month.Culture: Gambozinos e Peobardos &#8211; The Vela Theatre Company; Grupo de Cantares da Vela (The Vela Folk Singing Group).The parishes of Vendas da Vela, Vale de Amezendinha, Aldeia de Santo Amaro and Font\u00e3o are included in the parish of Vela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categoria_ponto_interesse":[444],"duracao":[],"estacao_do_ano":[],"grupo_de_viagem":[],"tipo_de_experiencia":[236,307],"class_list":["post-19539","ponto_de_interesse","type-ponto_de_interesse","status-publish","hentry","categoria_ponto_interesse-localities","tipo_de_experiencia-heritage","tipo_de_experiencia-routes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vela - VisitGuarda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitguarda.pt\/ponto_de_interesse\/vela\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vela - VisitGuarda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Architectural Patrimony: The parish church, surrounded by a beautiful staircase, is located at the heart of the village in a very distinctive square; 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