{"id":896,"date":"2016-08-23T11:53:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T09:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/?page_id=896&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2017-01-17T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T10:15:08","slug":"religious-architectural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/religious-architectural-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Architectural Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"accordion-1\" class=\"accordion no-js\"><\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t1\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                Abela            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c1\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Parish Church of Abela<\/h4>\n<p>Construction began in November 1901 as the fulfilment of an electoral promise made by one of the dignitaries of Santiago do Cac\u00e9m, although the construction works were interrupted soon after the establishment of the Republic (1911), and only resumed in the 1960s\/70s, when it was finished. According to some, the construction began due to the action of the counts of Avilez, its layout being attributed to Augusto Fuschini (1843-19?), deputy for Santiago do Cac\u00e9m at the end nineteenth century and one of the main romantic restorers of Lisbon Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>The essential highlights of the church are its main fa\u00e7ade, its loftiness and grandeur, with its tower pointing to the sky, its gateway, its oculus, its double windows and their apertures. The interior is very wide but at the same time very simple, with decoration in polychrome azulejo tilework of new seventeenth-century style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-5-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja paroquial da Abela \" width=\"450\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-5-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-5-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-5-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-5-325x489.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t2\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                Alvalade            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c2\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Mother Church of Alvalade<\/h4>\n<p>The mother church of Nossa Senhora da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o dates from the late fifteenth century or early sixteenth century, and is Manueline in style.<br \/>\nThe outside of this building stands out for its strong bell tower, ogive window illuminating the upper chancel, the Manueline gateway surmounted by a crocket, the old stone of the arms of the municipality and its polygonal apse, with buttresses and original tapered merlons. Inside the Manueline crossing, the vaulted chancel and the gilded altarpiece of the eighteenth century are worthy of mention. Classified as a Monument of Public Interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja Matriz de Alvalade\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-5-325x217.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Church of Miseric\u00f3rdia of Alvalade<\/h4>\n<p>The church of Miseric\u00f3rdia was built in 1570, probably with the money or income left through the patronage of a devotee named Fructuoso Pires, who is buried inside. With the move to the municipality of Aljustrel, after 1855, the Miseric\u00f3rdia was declared closed, according to the charter of the Civil Government of Beja, dated 4 August 1861.<\/p>\n<p>Boasting Mannerist lines and a single nave, the outside of the building is notable for its fa\u00e7ade facing the main square (where two inscriptions can be seen, one of which refers to a passage from the Old Testament and the other bearing the date 1570) and also due to their architectural features: buttresses, a platband of merlons and a hemispherical dome with lantern. The inside is notable only for its mannerist crossing, chancel and the grave of the patron of its construction, Fructuoso Pires.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-3-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja da Miseric\u00f3rdia de Alvalade\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-3-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-3-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-3-325x216.jpg 325w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Capela Nova de Nossa Sr.\u00aa do Roxo<\/h4>\n<p>This chapel was built around the second half of the twentieth century by Manuel Mendes Cola\u00e7o, then owner of the Roxo estate. It has a single nave, a baptismal font and is lined by an ashlar of azulejo tilework featuring Christian and allegorical symbols, in addition to a side panel with the Holy Family and another central panel with an image of Nossa Senhora da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, to whom it appears to be dedicated.<\/p>\n<p>It also has, on the main fa\u00e7ade, masonry from the old chapel of Nossa Senhora do Roxo, notably Manueline steles with different crosses of the Order of Santiago, a Manueline keystone brick in the triangular pediment and, next to the doorway, a rectangular Visigothic panel, dating from the seventh century, featuring geometric decoration. In another house on the hill of the estate there is the gravestone of Jo\u00e3o da Silva, his wife and his heirs, which serve as a door sill.<\/p>\n<p>It is located on the hill of the Roxo estate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-90\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-2-1024x625.jpg\" alt=\"Capela Nova de Nossa Sr.\u00aa do Roxo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-2-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-2-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-2-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-2-325x198.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t3\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                Cercal do Alentejo             <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c3\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Mother Church of Nossa Senhora da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h4>\n<p>The exact origins of the founding of the mother church are not known \u2013 which at the time would have been called Santa Maria \u2013 although it is known that the current building dates from the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, the temple received some improvements, namely the vault of the nave was painted with a representation of Nossa Senhora da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o in 1889 by a painter from Set\u00fabal, F A Flamengo.<\/p>\n<p>The exterior architecture highlights the main fa\u00e7ade with its stone gateway \u2013 where the cross of the Order of Santiago may be observed \u2013 and the high bell tower, with its interesting weathervane. Inside, particularly worthy of note are the single, barrel-vaulted nave, the side altars with their images, the baptistery with its Pombaline, Rococo-style azulejo tilework and the Johannine main altarpiece, where the only ancient image in the entire municipality of the apostle Santiago can be found.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-2-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja matriz de Nossa Sr.\u00aa da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-2-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-2-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-2-325x214.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Ermida da Fonte Santa or Bica Santa<\/h4>\n<p>The origins of the chapel of Fonte Santa or Santa Bica lie in a seventeenth-century legend, which refers to the appearance of the Virgin to some shepherd boys who were thirsty and had called for her. Subsequently, the Virgin brought forth a spring of water from a stone and left her footprint on it.<\/p>\n<p>The spring water was thus considered miraculous. Initially, only an oratory, with a niche and pediment, was built, and a tank to bathe men and animals.<\/p>\n<p>As pilgrimages to the site, on 15 April, intensified, construction work was gradually carried out, leading to the small shrine or chapel. Currently, the footprint is not visible, but it is situated at the source of the water springs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-92\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Ermida da Fonte Santa ou Bica Santa\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-1-325x216.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t4\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                Ermidas-Sado            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c4\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Church of Ermidas<\/h4>\n<p>Following the growth of the village and after it became a parish in 1953, there was a need to provide an appropriate temple for the resident population: thus, in March 1956, the parish church of Ermidas-Sado, fruit of the patronage of the Sociedade Industrial and Alentejo Sado, Lda, was erected.<\/p>\n<p>A simple and unpretentious building, the church was dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, based on a model of a small temple, with a porch on the main fa\u00e7ade and the body with a single nave, an example quite common in Portuguese architecture of the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja de Ermidas\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-1-325x217.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t5\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                Santa Cruz             <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c5\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Church of Santa Cruz<\/h4>\n<p>This church already existed in the first quarter of the sixteenth century, but suffered the devastating consequences of the 1755 earthquake and the 1858 earthquake, an event that left it badly damaged and led to its typology being changed and forced the residents of the parish to attend Mass in the destroyed church of Nossa Senhora do Monte, in Santiago do Cac\u00e9m.<\/p>\n<p>Inside some eighteenth-century images of good quality can be seen \u2013 such as the baby Jesus from the eighteenth century, of great popular affection \u2013 the magnificent nineteenth-century plasterwork of the dome of the chancel and the excellent Christ crucified in the high altar, a stone carving from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century \u2013 which bears the name of the patron saint \u2013 made by a Portuguese sculptor who worked in the Nordic style or a Nordic, possibly Flemish, sculptor who worked in Portugal during the age of the Discoveries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-94\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja de Santa Cruz \" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-325x216.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t6\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c6\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                Santiago do Cac\u00e9m            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c6\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Mother Church of Santiago do Cac\u00e9m<\/h4>\n<p>Most current authors say that the temple was built by the knights of the Order of Santiago during the thirteenth century, eliminating the hypothesis of the ancient authors that attributed its foundation to the pagans \u2013 Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans \u2013 which was claimed due to the iconography featured on the archways of the naves.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half of the fourteenth century, the temple was probably upgraded at the expense of Dona Vata\u00e7a Lascaris, a Byzantine donor who held the commendation of Santiago do Cac\u00e9m between 1310 and 1336. In 1530, during the commandery of Alonso Peres Pantoja, the temple underwent major work. However, after a few centuries, the church was again the subject of two new interventions: one occurred in 1704, in the time of D. Pedro II, and the other between 1796 and 1830, the latter due to the 1755 earthquake. The intervention changed the orientation of the church \u2013 the entrance was moved to the place where the chancel stood \u2013 and its dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>In the late nineteenth century, specifically in 1895, the church was the scene of a fire, which caused some damage, being followed by another in 1912, which led to the transfer of the parish to the church of Miseric\u00f3rdia. In 1933, the Archdeacon Ant\u00f3nio Rebelo dos Anjos, taking precautions against future destruction and fires, order the renovation of the interior \u2013 especially the chancel and side altars \u2013 and the outside of the church.<\/p>\n<p>The exterior of the building stands out for its impressive late Baroque lines, led by a vertical orientation favouring the external marking of the three naves, and the busy pediment, of a strongly scenic nature \u2013 with references to the attributes of the apostle Santiago. The south side elevation is dominated by a Gothic gateway dating from the thirteenth\/fourteenth centuries, called the Porta do Sol, where depictions of animals and plants predominate.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, the Manueline vaults of the old chancel and the trancepts or ogives can be seen, with their hermetic Christian iconography. Alongside these elements, the side altars, the seventeenth-century azulejo tilework and the famous gothic high relief depicting Santiago fighting the Moors, a sculpture dating from the fourteenth century, most likely offered by Dona Vata\u00e7a Lascaris, can also be seen.<\/p>\n<p>The church has been classified as a National Monument since 1910. The General Directorate for National Buildings and Monuments has, in recent years, benefited this church with successive conservation and restoration works.<\/p>\n<p>It was the desire to put centuries-old assets on show, intertwining with the history of the mother church, that led the City Council and the Diocese of Beja to join forces to organize the museum of the Treasury of the Chapterhouse, which opened its doors to the public on 25 July 2002.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong>\u00a0April to September from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm and from 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm \u2013 October to March 10.00 am to 12.30 pm and from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm.<br \/>\nClosed Mondays and Tuesdays, Easter, Christmas and New Year<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-95\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja matriz de Santiago do Cac\u00e9m\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-1-325x217.jpg 325w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-1.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-96\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-1-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja matriz de Santiago do Cac\u00e9m\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-1-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-1-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-1-325x220.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Church of Miseric\u00f3rdia of Santiago do Cac\u00e9m<\/h4>\n<p>Most historians state that the church was built in the late fifteenth century or at the beginning of the sixteenth century \u2013 when the Manueline style was taking hold. However, one of the local researchers added, in their work Santa Casa da Misericordia de Santiago do Cac\u00e9m that it was the Esta\u00e7o family, specifically Jo\u00e3o Esta\u00e7o, who founded it, although he was not alone but in the company of other families in the village.<\/p>\n<p>In 1678, the temple underwent its first rebuilding at the hand of Cristov\u00e3o de Brito Varela \u2013 as per the inscription on one of the flying buttresses, followed by another, after the earthquake of 1755, at the hand of Miguel In\u00e1cio Falc\u00e3o Beja who, for the purpose, committed all of his assets. In 1895, the church caught fire; however, that fact did not bring about significant changes to the temple.<\/p>\n<p>Across the whole of its front, where once was situated the old Manueline chancel, which was inverted during the eighteenth-century reconstruction, the high portal and Baroque picture window \u2013 in whose lintel was placed a medallion with the five wounds of Christ \u2013 are of particular note, along with the long and wide access staircase, paved with various fragments of tombstones. Elsewhere, specifically on the left side elevation, three interesting flying buttresses were built, two of which serve as a frame for a small Manueline portal, without forgetting the exterior of the chancel, where a Manueline lintel that survived the earthquake can also be seen. Classified as a Monument of Public Interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/11.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja da Miseric\u00f3rdia de Santiago do Cac\u00e9m\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-325x487.jpg 325w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/11.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Chapel of S\u00e3o Pedro<\/h4>\n<p>This temple was built in the sixteenth century. The date of commencement of the building works is unknown, as is the name of its founder, the reconstructions or the reasons that led to its construction. It is based on a model characterized by the juxtaposition of two distinctive architectural modules: the galilee or narthex and the chapel.<\/p>\n<p>The galilee or narthex \u2013 a gallery with arches annexed to the main fa\u00e7ade \u2013 served in earlier times to support the pilgrims during the processions and festivities in honour of S\u00e3o Pedro. In turn, the chapel \u2013 burned down in 1895 \u2013 has very simple lines, with a stone gateway and oculus in the pediment, defining a single vaulted nave and a chevet composed of the sacristy and chancel, the latter with a domed roof.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, a record of John Paul II in azulejo tilework from the nineteen eighties, and the image of the patron saint, a S\u00e3o Pedro from the eighteenth century, can be seen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/12.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Capela de S\u00e3o Pedro\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-325x216.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Chapel das Almas<\/h4>\n<p>The temple was founded in 1630 by the priest Sebasti\u00e3o de Matos, a pastor from Santo Andr\u00e9 and professed member of the Order of Santiago. Its front has a slightly vertical orientation, with a rectangular frame surrounding an undecorated portal. This is followed by a window illuminating the upper chancel and an interrupted angular pediment, where two urns and a clock tower were placed.<\/p>\n<p>Inside there is the shallow grave of the grantee Manuel de Oliveira Bello, dated 1742, benefactor of the Confraria das Almas (Brotherhood of Souls), and the altarpiece of the chancel, a polychrome and gilt work from the second half of the eighteenth century. In this altarpiece the image of a great crucified Christ can be seen, placed in the centre of the podium, in some documents called Senhor do Bonfim, and also images of Santa B\u00e1rbara and Santo Estev\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/13.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-99\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-99\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Capela das Almas\" width=\"450\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-325x489.jpg 325w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/13.jpg 1995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Chapterhouse and Gateway<\/h4>\n<p>Located at Rua Padre Ant\u00f3nio Macedo, the building was purchased and rebuilt by the chapterhouse of the mother church of Santiago do Cac\u00e9m \u2013 consisting of six professed grantees of the Order of Santiago \u2013 to house beneficiary friars and to host a small seminar, a circumstance which, according to the date of the portal lintel, appears to have occurred in 1733. On the outside the building the excellent and stripped down portal stands out, with the lintel bearing an abbreviated epigraph \u2013 still undeciphered, but probably related to the establishment of the new chapterhouse \u2013 DBFDP 1733, and the cartouche in relief bearing a cross of the Order of Santiago, a mark of ownership of the building. Inside the dwelling there are two Gothic ogives, indicating an old medieval building. Furthermore, a tower adjoining the building was recently discovered, probably dating from the seventeenth century, which evidences the strong influence of military architecture. Inside there is a huge engraved cartouche, decorated with ovoid and lozenge shapes and a niche with the cross of the Order of Santiago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/14.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-100\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Casa e Portal da Colegiada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-325x216.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Loreto Convent<\/h4>\n<p>The convent of Loreto was founded, according to some authors, in the middle of the fifteenth century, although others mention that the foundation took place in the early sixteenth century, where there was already a hermitage dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto.<\/p>\n<p>However, what is verified is that its founder was D. Catarina de Noronha &#8211; died in 1490 &#8211; wife of Pedro Pantoja, commander and mayor of Santiago do Cac\u00e9m and donated the commendation of Tavira.<\/p>\n<p>In the reign of D. Manuel, the convent was subjected to great works of improvement or reconstruction, as evidenced by the many and rich vestiges of the Manueline stonework that today are deposited in the Archaeological Museum of Sines. The house was destined to receive a community that included up to a maximum of 12 Franciscan friars, having the convent church of a single nave and four side chapels, where venerated images of great quality. In 1834, the convent was extinguished and property sold to private individuals. It is currently in ruins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Chapel of S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o<\/h4>\n<p>The chapel of S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o was built in the sixteenth century, having the main architectural features of a single nave, a sacristy adjoining the chancel and the hemispherical dome on the roof of the ousia. With the earthquake of 1755, the chapel was ruined and was not rebuilt for years due to its low revenue. In the twentieth century, it underwent restoration and reconstruction works, which, above all, led to the current layout of the fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n<p>Its location \u2013 given that it stands on a hill outside the city \u2013 is definitely due to the need to ensure effective protection against the plagues that raged across Portugal in cycles and also affected this region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/15.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-101\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-1024x645.jpg\" alt=\"Ermida de S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o\" width=\"1024\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-325x205.jpg 325w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/15.jpg 1717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Chapel of S\u00e3o Br\u00e1s<\/h4>\n<p>The chapel probably dates back to thirteenth\/fourteenth centuries, although the current features are typical of the sixteenth century. In its layout, the chapel shows the remnants of what would have been a galilee (porch) to receive pilgrims and devotees coming to S\u00e3o Br\u00e1s, its stone portal, right side fa\u00e7ade with its buttresses and door transom, the single nave, the sacristy and the chancel, boasting a sixteenth-century hemispherical dome, being particular highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Of its treasures, there remains a truncated image of S\u00e3o Br\u00e1s, dating from the thirteenth\/fourteenth century and deposited in the Municipal Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The chapel forms part of the Roman ruins of Mir\u00f3briga, classified as a Property of Public Interest since 1940.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/16.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-102\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ermida de S\u00e3o Br\u00e1s\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-325x217.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"alt-edited\">Oratorios of the Passion Steps<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>There were possibly seven oratories that marked the procession of Senhor dos Passos in Santiago do Cac\u00e9m, although only five were mentioned in the year 1742, of which currently only two remain. These &#8211; located at the end of Rua Padre Ant\u00f3nio de Macedo e Silva (attached to the wall of a backyard) and at the end of Rua Dr. Francisco Beja da Costa &#8211; present, respectively, an altar in brick and masonry, followed by a frame (Where there were seventeenth-century paintings alluding to scenes of the Passion), topped by a tablet cruise or just a frame framed and centered by a cross. Outside the main church, on the south side, you can also find a cross of tablet that, like the two oratories, was also part of the route.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/17.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-103\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-103\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Orat\u00f3rios dos Passos da Paix\u00e3o\" width=\"450\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-325x489.jpg 325w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/17.jpg 1660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t7\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c7\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                S\u00e3o Bartolomeu da Serra            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c7\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Church of S\u00e3o Bartolomeu<\/h4>\n<p>Founded a long time ago, the church of the village of S\u00e3o Bartolomeu da Serra today exhibits eighteenth-century features, of which the bell tower and the right side elevation, with its doors and apertures, are particular highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, there is the shallow grave of the priest Andr\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Beltr\u00e3o, friar of the habit of Santiago, who died in 1649, the crossing arch with its medieval iconography (a scallop and a religious habit cord), a set of figures mostly dating from the eighteenth century and spread around the many side altars, and the interesting altarpiece of the chancel, executed in the year 1791 at the behest of the parish priest Jos\u00e9 da Silva Frias and captain of the parish company, Manuel Gon\u00e7alves Serr\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>However, the mark of greatest antiquity of the temple is precisely the primitive image of the patron saint \u2013 S\u00e3o Bartolomeu \u2013 which was made in limestone (fourteenth century) and is currently in the rectory of Santiago do Cac\u00e9m.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1848 and 1857, the parish priest was Father Ant\u00f3nio de Macedo e Silva, author of the important work Annaes do Munic\u00edpio (Municipal Annals) of Santiago de Cac\u00e9m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/18.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-104\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja de S\u00e3o Bartolomeu \" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-325x216.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t8\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c8\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                S\u00e3o Domingos da Serra            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c8\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Church of S\u00e3o Domingos<\/h4>\n<p>Considered a temple of the rural Manueline style, the main portal and the window illuminating the upper chancel (both featuring undecorated ogive) still bear the hallmarks of the Gothic style. With the 1755 earthquake, the church suffered quite a lot of damage and took many years to recover, facts known today thanks to the detailed descriptions of the then parish priest.<\/p>\n<p>Its contents include countless images from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a Manueline font of holy water, the side altars dating from the eighteenth century, the rococo reliefs on the body of the pulpit and the interesting altarpiece in the chancel, possibly painted in the year 1765 by Jo\u00e3o Filipe da Fonseca, of Vila Nova da Baronia, also exhibiting a prolific rococo style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/19.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-105\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja de S\u00e3o Domingos\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-325x217.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t9\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c9\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                S\u00e3o Francisco da Serra            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c9\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Parish Church of S\u00e3o Francisco<\/h4>\n<p>The church of S\u00e3o Francisco da Serra is a building with a single nave, its construction probably dating back to the first quarter of the sixteenth century. However, its great wealth lies in the frescos from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which may be observed, respectively, in the oratory of the high altar, with themes related to the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament \u2013 angels with censers, in sixteenth-century-style dress, adore the Blessed Sacrament \u2013 and in an external room, where a set of images that form part of the theme of the genealogy of Christ, in this case a depiction of the Tree of Jesse.<\/p>\n<p>Inside two individuals are buried who died in the eighteenth century: Father Diogo Dias Sim\u00f5es, professed member of the Order of Santiago, and Jos\u00e9 Dias Ramos, who left the church 173,000 r\u00e9is, to pay for oil for the lamps that illuminated the Blessed Sacrament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/20.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-106\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja Paroquial de S\u00e3o Francisco\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-325x216.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t10\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                Santo Andr\u00e9            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c10\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Parish Church of Santo Andr\u00e9<\/h4>\n<p>The parish church of Santo Andr\u00e9 is confirmed to have been in existence at least since the first quarter of the sixteenth century, when the Manueline style was being reflected in national buildings and left its mark on almost all temples of the country: accordingly, the old Chapel of Santo Andr\u00e9 did not escape this rule either.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the eighteenth century, the church had three altars (Santo Andr\u00e9, Nossa Senhora do Ros\u00e1rio and S\u00e3o Geraldo) and two brotherhoods, the Ros\u00e1rio and the Almas. Between 1815 and 1839, the temple was rebuilt due to the destruction caused by the 1755 earthquake, and it suffered further damage during the 1858 earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Its exterior architecture includes the main fa\u00e7ade, with its bell tower and its late Baroque pediment, and, inside, the portal of the baptistery \u2013 a Manueline piece bearing the coat of arms of the Order of Santiago and the cross of St. Andrew, and altarpiece of the high altar, of late-rococo influence, are of particular note.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/21.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-107\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-107\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-676x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja Paroquial de Santo Andr\u00e9\" width=\"450\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-325x492.jpg 325w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/21.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Church and fountain of Nossa Senhora da Gra\u00e7a<\/h4>\n<p>The church of Nossa Senhora da Gra\u00e7a was erected in the mid-eighteenth century, close to a place that had a water source considered miraculous. Its exterior architecture includes a galilee and pediment pointed towards the sky, while inside from its single nave a magnificent set of rococo style azulejo tilework can be seen depicting scenes from the Annunciation and the creation of Adam by God the Father, which can be attributed to the workshop of the painter Francisco Jorge da Costa. The polychrome altarpiece of the chancel and the excellent image of the Senhora da Gra\u00e7a, dating from the eighteenth century, are other important treasures of the church.<\/p>\n<p>The fountain of Nossa Senhora da Gra\u00e7a dates from the same time as the construction of the church, having been built in masonry and stonework, its work destined to perpetuate and glorify the medicinal virtues of the spring water. Classified as a Monument of Historical Interest and bounded by a Special Protection Area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/22.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/22.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja e chafariz de Nossa Sr.\u00aa da Gra\u00e7a\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/22.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/22-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/22-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/22-325x216.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n        <h3 class=\"accordion-title\">\n            <button id=\"accordion-1-t11\" class=\"js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c11\" aria-expanded=\"false\" >\n                Vale de \u00c1gua            <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div id=\"accordion-1-c11\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <\/p>\n<h4>Church of Vale de \u00c1gua<\/h4>\n<p>Dedicated to the thaumaturge Santo Ant\u00f3nio, the church was founded on 13 May 1989, with the mortuary chapel having been added in late 1996\/early 1997. This was done based on a design by municipal architect Jo\u00e3o de Sousa.<\/p>\n<p>With a plan in the form of a Latin cross, it shows the particularity of the mortuary chapel and respective rooms adjoining the chancel, allowing the chevet to be turned into a radiant architectural feature (composed of the apse and two small apses).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/23.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-109\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-109\" src=\"http:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"Igreja de Vale de \u00c1gua\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-325x245.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/div>\n\n        <\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-896","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"category-museums-and-monuments","6":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1062,"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/896\/revisions\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}