Viseu - a beautiful city in northern Portugal. The old part of the city - a center that has changed little since the Middle Ages. Viseu is the only one of the largest cities in Europe, which has no railway stations. The city is also famous for the abolition of the red wines.

Among the historical monuments of the city worth seeing Gate Cavaleiros who just are in the historic city center. Gates Cavaleiros are part of the defensive walls that surround the town and protected by the Castilian armies, who have repeatedly attacked Viseu. Total gate seven. To date, only survived granite gates and gate Cavaleiros Soar.

The construction of fortifications along the gate Cavaleiros was begun during the reign of King Joan I (1385-1433), but completely finished building only in 1472, when the country was ruled by King Afonso has V. In the middle of the nineteenth century, in 1844, the City Council Viseu decided to dismantle all the old gates to give the city a modern appearance, leaving only two of the above-mentioned goal.

Outside the ancient city gate is a niche dedicated to St. John the Baptist, as through the entrance on the day of St. John the Baptist (June 24) in the chapel of San Giovanni da Carreira is a so-called "Kavalkadash de Vildemoynshos" - a group of riders who are dressed in white tunics, but in the hands holding the green wands and wreaths of red carnations. On the wall next to the gate, there is a stone image of Nossa Senhora da Graça end of the XVI century.

Since 1915, Gates Cavaleiros inscribed as monuments of national importance in Portugal.