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Capela do Santíssimo, the splendid tomb of Francisco de Melo, a Renaissance work by Nicolau de Chanterene.
Ark embedded in a Corinthian building, with a straight pediment through the interior, runs through a perfect arch, flanked by medallions of effigy; on the ark, also the weapons of the jacente.
Dom Manuel de Melo. Tomb ark soaked in a vaulted arch in a lowed arch, with simple lintel frames mounted, in the falls, by medallions of effigy that come out in a simple volute winding over the arch, ending in cherubs blowing horns; it will fall on two squat pilasters of capitals decorated with vines, topped on the front by fluted columns with capitals depicting the faces of angels; carved in the back wall, over the ark, the weapons of the jacente
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