Church of San Vicente de Fora description and photos - Portugal: Lisbon (Topic)

Church of San Vicente de Fora description and photos - Portugal: Lisbon. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Sao Vicente de Fora.

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Since 1173 St. Vincent is the patron saint of the city of Lisbon. It was then that his relics were transferred from the Algarve to a small church located outside the city. The current church building was built in 1629 by order of King Philip II of Spain.

The late Renaissance facade of the church is flanked by two towers. And above the entrance are the statues of Saints Vincent, Augustine and Sebastian. In the interior of the church, the baroque canopy of the altar, framed with wooden sculptures, especially attracts attention.

The building of the former Augustinian monastery, famous for its 18th century tiled wall paintings on the themes of La Fontaine's fables, is adjacent to the church. You can get there through the side nave of the cathedral.

A corridor at the rear of the church leads to the former refectory, converted into the tomb of the royal house of Braganca. It houses stone sarcophagi of Portuguese kings and queens, from Joao IV, who died in 1656, to Manuel II, the last king of Portugal.

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