Churches in Portugal

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Chapters: Basilica churches in Portugal, Churches in Braga, Churches in Lisbon, Churches in Porto, Igreja de São Roque, Mafra National Palace, Jerónimos Monastery, Cathedral of Évora, Igreja Matriz, Igreja de São Francisco, Coração de Jesus Basilica, Church of Saint Ildefonso, Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Oporto Cathedral, Bom Jesus do Monte, Church of the Santíssima Trindade, Church of Santa Engrácia, Monastery of Tibães, Church of Fontarcada, Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição Velha, Santo António Church, Igreja de São Julião, Clérigos Church, Church of Cedofeita, Church of Nossa Senhora da Nazaré, Church of Santa Maria do Olival, St Andrew's Church, Lisbon, Church of São Miguel do Castelo, Santuario de Nossa Senhora da Lapa, Portugal, Estrela Basilica, Longos Vales's Monastery, Shrine of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação, Saint Vincent Church, Church of São Martinho, Igreja de São Lourenço, Saint Frutuoso Chapel, Church of São Salvador de Paderne, Pópulo Church, Fiães Church, Coimbras Chapel, Carmo Church, Saint Eulália Church, São Pedro de Balsemão, St Paul's Church, Braga, Falperra Church, Congregados Basilica, Misericórdia Church, Church of the Misericórdia de Valadares, Church of São Pedro de Rubiães, Church of Nossa Senhora do Socorro, Holy Cross Church, Braga, Sameiro Sanctuary, Antiga Casa da Câmara. Excerpt: The Igreja de São Roque (Church of Saint Roch) in Lisbon was the earliest Jesuit church in the Portuguese world, and one of the first Jesuit churches anywhere. It served as the Society¿s home church in Portugal for over 200 years, before the Jesuits were expelled from that country. After the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, the church and its ancillary residence were given to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (the Charity House of Lisbon) to replace their church and headquarters which had been destroyed. It remains a part of the Santa Casa today, one of its many heritage buildings. The Igreja de São Roque was one of the few buildings in Lisbon to survive the Earthquake relatively unscathed. When built in the 16th century it was the first Jesuit church designed in the ¿auditorium-church¿ style specifically for preaching. It contains a number of chapels, most in the Baroque style of the early 17th century. The most notable chapel is the 18th-century Chapel of St. John the Baptist (Capela de São João Baptista), a project by Nicola Salvi and Luigi Vanvitelli constructed in Rome of many precious stones and disassembled, shipped and reconstructed in São Roque; at the time it was reportedly the most expensive chapel in Europe. Igreja de São Roque: Floorplan In 1505 Lisbon was being ravaged by the plague, which had arrived by ship from Italy. The king and the court were even forced to flee Lisbon for a while. The site of São Roque, outside the city walls (now an area known as the Bairro Alto), became a cemetery for plague victims. At the same time the king of Portugal, Dom Manuel I (reigned 1495¿1521), sent to Venice for a relic of St. Roch, the patron saint of plague victims, whose body had been translated to that city in 1485. The relic was sent by the Venetian government, and it was carried in procession up the hill to the plague cemetery. The inhabitants of Lisbon then decided to erect a shrine on the site to house the relic; the shrine was begun on 24 March 1506 and dedi