Sernada do Vouga
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Macinhata do Vouga
Macinhata do Vouga is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Águeda, Aveiro district.-villages:*Macinhata do Vouga*Jafafe de Baixo*Jafafe de Cima*Sernada do Vouga*Carvoeiro*Cavada Nova*Serém de Baixo*Serém de Cima*Lameiro*Pontilhão...
, in Águeda Municipality in Aveiro District.
Placed a few meters, downstream, of the estuary of Caima River
Caima River
The Caima is a river in Portugal. Its source is in Arouca Municipality....
and is bathed by Vouga River. Since the beginning of century twenty, was on to the railroad activity, through the construction of Linha do Vale do Vouga and its branch, becoming local of interconnection for Espinho
Espinho, Portugal
Espinho is a city in Espinho Municipality in Portugal. It is a reputed beach resort and a zone of legal gambling with a casino - Casino Solverde. Its fair - Feira de Espinho, having been first organised in 1894, is well known in Portugal...
, Aveiro and Viseu
Viseu
Viseu is both a city and a municipality in the Dão-Lafões Subregion of Centro Region, Portugal. The municipality, with an area of 507.1 km², has a population of 99,593 , and the city proper has 47,250...
. With the inactivation, in January 1990, of the link Sernada - Viseu
Viseu
Viseu is both a city and a municipality in the Dão-Lafões Subregion of Centro Region, Portugal. The municipality, with an area of 507.1 km², has a population of 99,593 , and the city proper has 47,250...
, lost part of its then railroad relevance. It keeps however, the workshops of REFER
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, responsible for the maintenance of the actual railroad material.
To see
Fluvial beach, the area of sport fishing, the railroad station, the dedicated chapel to Sait Amaro, and the primary school.Some fountains are also interest, detaching that is found in main square.
As curiosity, they are the bridges: on the river Vouga, with special characteristic the fact that is for mix traffic (sharing in the same level the rail and road traffic, having barriers that cut the road traffic when trains are using the bridge); and on the river Caima (reconverted bridge from rail traffic to road traffic).