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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor dos MilagresThe sanctuary was constructed in memory of a miracle reputed to have taken place here in 1728. According to legend, Our Lord Jesus answered the appeal of a paralysed man. On his cure, he put up a panel invoking the miracle. This then attracted other (...)
Telephone: +351 244 851 035
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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor do SocorroSanctuary of the Senhor do SocorroThe patron of the building of the Sanctuary was a Brazilian, probably in order to fulfil a promise.The church was built in 1773 and has a single nave, a main chapel and a rococo façade with two towers. The site (...)
Telephone: 258941053
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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor Jesus do BonfimSanctuary of Senhor Jesus do Bonfim On the way out of Portalegre, on the road to Castelo de Vide and Marvão, there is the Sanctuary of Lord Jesus of Bonfim, also known as the Church of Bonfim. Its construction was ordered in 1720 by bishop Álvaro (...)
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MonumentsSé Catedral da GuardaOne of the most interesting Portuguese monuments.Although Guarda has been the seat of bishopric since its foundation, when D. Sancho I asked Pope Innocent III to transfer the diocese of Egitânia (Idanha-a-Velha) to the new city, the building that is (...)
Telephone: +351 271 212 993
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MonumentsSé Catedral de Angra do HeroísmoA church reborn in the midst of the Atlantic.The Church of the Most Holy Saviour of the See is an imposing temple, built from 1568 onwards for the seat of the bishopric of the city of Angra, which was inaugurated in 1534 by Pope Paul III. (...)
Telephone: +351 295 217 850
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MonumentsSé Catedral de AveiroMarian cult and People of the Sea. The primitive Church of Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia was consecrated in 1464 and was connected to the Dominican convent of the same name. Between the 16th and the 17th centuries it underwent work, and the (...)
Telephone: +351 234 197 613
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MonumentsSé Catedral de BejaA Mannerist temple in the heart of the Alentejo.The parish of Santiago Maior is one of the oldest in Beja. Originally it was based in the Church of Santo Amaro, but in the 14th century it was transferred to this locale, where a church already (...)
Telephone: +351 284 323 159
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MonumentsSé Catedral de Bragança / Sé NovaThe first cathedral built in the 21st century. Dedicated to Our Lady the Queen, the current Bragança Cathedral was designed by the architect Vassalo Rosa, being the first Portuguese cathedral to be built in the 21st century. It came to replace (...)
Telephone: +351 273 322 671
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
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MonumentsSé Catedral de ÉvoraThe largest medieval cathedral in Portugal.A fortified church with Gothic features, Évora Cathedral is the largest cathedral in Portugal. Initiated in 1186, consecrated in 1204, and immediately used as one of the main temples of the Marian cult, it (...)
Telephone: +351 266 759 330
E-mail: geral@sedeevora.pt
Website: http://www.evoracathedral.com
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MonumentsSé Catedral de FaroA remarkable artistic ensemble.Although there is no documentary evidence, it is probable that the Church of Santa Maria of Faro - consecrated to Marian Devotion and built from 1251, two years after the reconquest of the village, by order of the (...)
Telephone: +351 289 806 632 / 289 823 018
