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MonumentsCapela de Nossa Senhora da Consolação - TaviraPolychrome tiles dating from the 17th century, a retable with paintings (16th/17th centuries) in the main chapel and a harmonious statue of the patron saint make up the patrimony of this Chapel.
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MonumentsCastelo e Muralhas de TaviraTavira Castle is worth a visit even be it only for the views out over the city, the countryside and down to the sea. The foundations for the defensive systems were built during the Moorish period between the 8th and 13th centuries. After the (...)
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ArchaeologyEstação arqueológica romana da LuzRoman archaeological station of LuzA Roman "villa" excavated in the 19th century, whose main features include the Roman bath-house, with various outbuildings and the mosaic pavements. An industrial complex was also discovered, constituted by fish (...)
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de TaviraArchitecturally speaking, this is one of the most valuable of Tavira´s many churches due to the renaissance features on both the entranceway and the interior and unique to the Algarve. The Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Religious Charitable (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Ana - TaviraAlready in existence in the 16th century, this chapel was rebuilt in the 18th century. It boasts a fine collection of works of art, including carved altars, statues, a panel depicting Christ after the descent from the Cross (16th century) and a font (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria do Castelo - TaviraMarian worship from Gothic to Baroque.The Church of Santa Maria is a 13th century building, likely built on the site of the old mosque by the city’s conqueror, D. Paio Peres Correia, master of the Order of Santiago, who is buried in the main chapel (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de Santo António - TaviraThe Church of Santo António began construction in 1606 to be donated to the Capuchin monks. The convent buildings were destroyed in the 17th century with only the small cloister and church surviving to be handed over to the Friars of Saint Anthony (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de São Francisco - TaviraLocated close to the medieval walls, it was built in the 14th century at the time of their donation to the religious order of Saint Francis in 1312, under king Dinis. The church underwent major alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries due to two (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de São Paulo - TaviraBuilt in the 17th century, this belonged to the no longer existing Convent of São Paulo. With religious orders abolished in 1834, the Church was handed over to the Fraternity of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (Our Lady of Assistance), whose statue can be (...)
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MonumentsIgreja do Carmo - TaviraChurch of the Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Tertiary Order of Our Lady of Carmel) The Tertiary Order of Our Lady of Carmel of Tavira (Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Tavira) was set up at the beginning of the 18th century (...)
