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Number of results: 10
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MonumentsCastelo e Conjunto Urbano da Vila de ÓbidosEverywhere throughout the town, its mediaeval flavour is always evident. The whole town is surrounded by high walls and the urban structure is clearly defined by the castle, the entrances to the town and the parade ground.
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria, Matriz de ÓbidosMarian Devotion in a village of queens.According to tradition, the origin of this church dates back to the Visigothic period, having been converted into a mosque during the Muslim period and converted to Christianity after D. Afonso Henriques (...)
Telephone: +351 262 959 633
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MonumentsIgreja de São Pedro - ÓbidosBuilt in the late 13th/early 14th century, this was the Collegiate Church of St. Peter.It was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake, and all that remained from the original building was the carved and gilded wooden high altar with its throne (1690-1705) (...)
Telephone: +351 262 959 633
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia - ÓbidosFounded by the Queen Dona Leonor in the 15th century, this church has an important set of artistic treasures. One of the most significant images is the old blue porcelain statue of the Virgin Mary, which can be seen in the entrance porch.The (...)
Telephone: +351 262 959 138
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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor da PedraOutside the walls of Óbidos, be sure to visit this sanctuary, with its external hexagonal shape and pyramidal green glazed roof. It was built between 1740-47, at the height of the Baroque period, but the details were never finished, which may be why (...)
Telephone: +351 262 959 138
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MonumentsIgreja de Santiago - ÓbidosThis church was built in 1186 at the orders of Dom Sancho I. It was a collegiate church serving the castle.After being completely razed to the ground by the earthquake in 1755, the church's reconstruction work ended in 1778, resulting in a very (...)
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MonumentsCapela de Nossa Senhora do Carmo ou do Mucharro - ÓbidosAlso known as the Capela de São João de Moxarro, this chapel was once a temple dedicated to Jupiter.Rebuilt in the 14-15th century, it has a majestic west-facing Gothic portal. Attention is drawn to the double-arched ribbed vaulting supported by (...)
Telephone: +351 262 959 138
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MonumentsCapela de São Martinho - ÓbidosThis is a lovely fourteenth-century chapel, of very simple architecture, with a fine portal in the façade. Inside there are some medieval tombs.
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MonumentsConvento de São Miguel - ÓbidosThe Convento de São Miguel das Gaeiras, a Franciscan monastery, was founded by Prince Henry the Navigator, the son of Dom Manuel I, in 1569, and transferred to its current site in 1602.Today, it displays signs of having been harmoniously restored to (...)
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MonumentsErmida de Nossa Senhora de Monserrate - ÓbidosThis originally Gothic chapel was rebuilt at the end of the 16th century. It has been the home of the Third Order of St. Francis since 1730.Amongst the notable features on the inside of the chapel are the Spanish-Moorish tiles of the high altar.
Telephone: +351 262 959 138
