Does Barcelos have an urban rehabilitation area (ARU)?

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Yes, Barcelos has three urban rehabilitation areas (ARU): Centro Histórico, Barcelos Nascente Um and Barcelos Nascente Dois. The council publishes the plans on an online map.

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Council ARU page: cm-barcelos.pt/viver/urbanismo/arus-areas-de-reabilitacao...
ARUs listed: Centro Histórico, Barcelos Nascente Um, Barcelos Nascente Dois
Online map of the ARU plans: sig.barcelos.pt/sig2025/plantas_v8_arus_prod
Nascente Dois plan (image): cm-barcelos.pt/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/plantaAruNascen...
Sources: cm-barcelos.pt/viver/urbanismo/arus-areas-de-reabilitacao...
Checked: 2026-11-05

What you get

Inside a declared ARU, national tax rules can apply to rehabilitation works: reduced VAT, IMI and IMT exemptions and an IRS deduction. The conditions are in the guide; the council decides whether the IMI exemption can be renewed for five more years.

More: What an ARU gives you

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