The Church of the Venerável Irmandade de Nossa Senhora do Terço e Trindade was begun in 1759, but its architect remains unknown. Its granite façade features Rococo elements and a large oval oculus. In the interior, pay ...
This building’s full name is the Church of the Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo. It was built in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is one of the most notable Rococo buildings of Porto, both for its ...
The Misericórdia Church is an interesting Renaissance private church that began construction around 1550. The main chapel features a neoclassical altarpiece inspired by the Jeronimos Monastery altarpiece in Lisbon, but on a ...
The Church of Almas de São José das Taipas was designed by Carlos Cruz Amarante and built between 1795 and 1878 in the Classical style. The chapel and its interior are older than the church and date from 1666. The church has ...
The Church of Santa Clara was originally Gothic in style and its construction dates back to the first half of the fifteenth century. Its interior was covered with gilt wood work in the first half of the eighteenth century and ...
The Church of Saint Ildefonso was built between 1709 and 1739 and displays a beautiful facade lined with Jorge Colaço tiles, depicting scenes from the life of Saint Ildefonso and Eucharist allegories. Inside the church, there ...
The Igreja de S. Francisco de Assis (Church of St. Francis of Assisi), commonly known as Igreja de S. Francisco (St. Francis Church), is located in the historic centre of Porto. It is the most important representative of the ...
The Church of São Martinho of Cedofeita started as a building dating back perhaps to the Visigoth period and is also known as Church Românica of Cedofeita. It is thought to be the oldest church in Porto. It was rebuilt in ...
The Church of S. Nicolau is very representative of the city’s religious architecture of the late eighteenth century. It was built in 1758 after a fire destroyed an older medieval church. The façade is Neoclassical with ...
The parrish of Miragaia used to be a community of fishermen, so it is not surprising that the church is named after their patron saint, the fisherman São Pedro (Saint Peter). A church has stood in this location since the ...
Built between 1874 and 1894 on a relatively elevated area, the Bonfim Church features a façade flanked by two forty-two metre high bell towers. It is a church without much ornamentation on the outside, which is simple, but ...
The façade of this church from the seventeenth century is very similar to the Church of São Lourenço. Inside, it is worth highlighting the main altarpiece, a beautiful Rococo work, and the tiles that represent the life of ...
