Monuments

The Santiago Seminary was built on the orders of archbishop Brother Bartolomeu of the Martyrs, an important figure in the 16th century and who established his reputation in participating at the Council of Trent (1545). It was designed to be the College of the Order of the Company of Jesus. In 1785, the Order was disbanded and the then archbishop Gaspar de Bragança donated the Jesuit college to the Ursuline Sisters of Viana do Castelo. In 1878, the building was turned into a Seminary specialising in the teaching of philosophy.

It is a sombre building of sparse decoration in line with Jesuit practices. There is also a church with an austere exterior but boasting a richly decorated Baroque interior.