Typologies
Typologies of Built Heritage
Built heritage can also be read through types — families of buildings that share a common function, form, and evolution. Knowing the typology of a monument is halfway to understanding it: a castle, a cathedral, and a monastery respond to different challenges, with different grammars.
Reading built heritage by type
Typology intersects with periods and styles: the same type — a church, a castle — spans centuries and reinvents itself in each era. The fortifications, for example, are a military typology’s response to a technical revolution, that of artillery. This section complements the individual monuments with a reading by families.
In this section — 58
Agricultural and Rural Heritage 
Alentejo Houses 
Algarvian Houses 
Aqueducts of Portugal 
Architectural Tilework Bandstands and Cine-Theatres 
Bastioned Fortresses 
Chapels and Hermitages 
City Walls and Urban Enclosures Coastal Forts and Fortlets 
Coastal Wooden Huts 
Convents and Friaries Courthouses and Former Prisons 
Espigueiros and Canastros: Traditional Granaries Fortified Towns and Villages 
Fountains and Public Fountains 
Granite houses of the Minho 
Historic Cemeteries 
Historic gardens 
Hospitals and Holy Houses of Mercy (Misericórdias) 
Industrial Heritage 
Jewish Quarters and Synagogues Libraries and University Buildings 
Lighthouses 
Manor Houses and Noble Residences Manorial Towers and Fortified Houses 
Medieval Bridges 
Medieval castles of Portugal 
Metal and Iron Bridges 
Mines and Mining Heritage 
Monasteries of Portugal 
Moorish and Islamic Heritage 
Mother churches and parish churches of Portugal 
Municipal Markets 
Pillories 
Railway Stations 
Recreational Quintas Roman Bridges of Portugal 
Roman Roads and Paved Ways 
Royal Palaces and Residences of Portugal Salt Pans and Salt Marshes 
Sanctuaries and Pilgrimage Sites 
Schist Houses and the Schist Villages 
Sees and Cathedrals of Portugal 
Seminaries and Episcopal Palaces of Portugal 
Statuary and commemorative monuments Theatres and Opera Houses 
Town Halls and Municipal Buildings Traditional Azorean Architecture Traditional Madeiran Architecture 
Urban Palaces 
Vernacular and Popular Architecture Wash Houses, Tanks and Wells 
Watchtowers and Lookout Towers 
Watermills and Azenhas 
Wayside Crosses and Soul Shrines 
Windmills Wineries, Cellars and Wine Heritage
Alentejo Houses Algarvian Houses Aqueducts of Portugal Architectural Tilework Bandstands and Cine-Theatres Bastioned Fortresses Chapels and Hermitages City Walls and Urban Enclosures Coastal Forts and Fortlets Coastal Wooden Huts Convents and Friaries Courthouses and Former Prisons Espigueiros and Canastros: Traditional Granaries Fortified Towns and Villages Fountains and Public Fountains Granite houses of the Minho Historic Cemeteries Historic gardens Hospitals and Holy Houses of Mercy (Misericórdias) Industrial Heritage Jewish Quarters and Synagogues Libraries and University Buildings Lighthouses Manor Houses and Noble Residences Manorial Towers and Fortified Houses Medieval Bridges Medieval castles of Portugal Metal and Iron Bridges Mines and Mining Heritage Monasteries of Portugal Moorish and Islamic Heritage Mother churches and parish churches of Portugal Municipal Markets Pillories Railway Stations Recreational Quintas Roman Bridges of Portugal Roman Roads and Paved Ways Royal Palaces and Residences of Portugal Salt Pans and Salt Marshes Sanctuaries and Pilgrimage Sites Schist Houses and the Schist Villages Sees and Cathedrals of Portugal Seminaries and Episcopal Palaces of Portugal Statuary and commemorative monuments Theatres and Opera Houses Town Halls and Municipal Buildings Traditional Azorean Architecture Traditional Madeiran Architecture Urban Palaces Vernacular and Popular Architecture Wash Houses, Tanks and Wells Watchtowers and Lookout Towers Watermills and Azenhas Wayside Crosses and Soul Shrines Windmills Wineries, Cellars and Wine Heritage