 Each year thousands of pilgrims and many other tourists visit the Sanctuary of Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar.It was an ecclesiastical parish in Barcelos until 1836, when it became a civil unit and transferred to Póvoa de Varzim.In 1853 it was transferred to Vila Nova de Famalicão, but Póvoa de Varzim town hall request it to be returned, and was transferred back to Póvoa two years later.