Ermida da Memória (Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Nazaré)
Forte de São Miguel Arcanjo
Church of São Gião
Chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos
Church of the Misericórdia da Pederneira
Museu Dr. Joaquim Manso
Casa-Museu do Pescador
Cine-Teatro da Nazaré
about the place
Nazaré is a town in the West region, in the district of Leiria, seat of a municipality covering 82.43 km², with 14,885 inhabitants (2021 census) and three parishes: Famalicão, Nazaré and Valado dos Frades. It lies around 100 km north of Lisbon. Until 1912 the municipality was called Pederneira; it received a royal charter from King Manuel I in 1514 and was part of the estates of Alcobaça. The town brings together three former settlements — Pederneira, Sítio da Nazaré and Praia da Nazaré — and its name is linked to the legend of Our Lady of Nazaré. Throughout the 20th century it evolved from a fishing village into one of the country's first international tourist destinations. Offshore lies the Canhão da Nazaré, a submarine canyon that helps form the giant waves of Praia do Norte, where in 2011 a wave of around 30 metres was surfed. The seven skirts of the women of Nazaré are part of the local tradition.
