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The Chapel of Santissimo Sacramento has three magnificent gilded altars by João Correia Lopes, built around 1753. Each of these altars has a painting on canvas (18th century). Also in this chapel, special attention is given to the richly carved silver frontal made in Porto from the 19th century. XVIII. In the middle of the north nave, a pulpit of beautiful artistic execution is preserved, by João Correia Monteiro (1762).
The Lamego Cathedral, built from successive stages, is one of the most emblematic historical monuments in the entire Douro region. It was founded in 1129. It is a cathedral of Roman origin which, on the initial route, received Gothic additions, others already Manueline, maintaining the original Romanesque square tower although it was transferred from the side where in the century. The Cloister was built in the 16th century, but the rest of the architecture reflects the changes made in the 16th and 18th centuries, to the body of the church and chancel, including a Renaissance cloister with a dozen well proportioned arches.
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