Quinta de Velude / Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos

Quinta de Velude is situated on a hillside facing the River Douro. Abandoned for 40 years, the Quinta stands out for its extraordinary history and its manor house with a baroque chapel. Since the Quinta and its manor house have remained abandoned, its authenticity has never been distorted. Because of this abandonment, the Quinta became completely isolated and forgotten, and its heritage value, which its history alone would justify, has never been identified. In the 14th century, the Quinta was attributed to the Morgados de Velude as an honour whose original extension led to the River Douro. Since then, it has belonged to the family and the first known will is of the noblemen Vasco Esteves de Matos and Madalena Gil, the founders of the Chapel of St Anthony (1388).