Lisbon, Portugal · Tradition
Christianity sacred sites in Lisbon, Portugal
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Basilica da Estrela
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Queen Maria I vowed in 1760 to build a church if granted a son to secure the throne....
Church of Saint Anthony of Lisbon
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Beside Lisbon's cathedral, this Baroque-Rococo church stands where centuries of local and ecclesiastical tradition place the 1195 birth of Fernando de Bulhões — later...
Church of São Roque
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Founded in 1506 as a plague-relief shrine and built from 1553 as the first Jesuit church in the Portuguese world, São Roque hides its Baroque wealth behind a deliberately...
Igreja de São Vicente de Fora
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Founded around 1147 on the ground where crusader forces camped during the siege that took Lisbon from Moorish rule, São Vicente de Fora holds the relics of the city's...
Jerónimos Monastery
Belém, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Jerónimos Monastery rises above the Tagus on the spot where sailors once prayed through the night before sailing into the unknown....
Lisbon Cathedral
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Since 1147, this fortress-faced cathedral above the Tagus has held the daily rhythm of Mass, sacrament, and civic devotion as the seat of the Patriarchate of Lisbon....
Monastery of Odivelas
Odivelas, Lisbon, Portugal
Founded by royal charter in 1295, the Monastery of Odivelas held a strictly enclosed Cistercian nunnery for over five centuries, then a military-run girls' school until...
National Pantheon, Church of Santa Engrácia
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Begun in 1681 to house the relics of a virgin martyr, the Church of Santa Engrácia took nearly three centuries to complete — so long that Lisbon still calls any endless...
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