Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga
This Catholic sanctuary dedicated to Senhor Bom Jesus is an architectural-landscape ensemble made up of a church, a stairway where the Via Sacra do Bom Jesus develops, an area of forest (Parque do Bom Jesus), some hotels and a funicular ( Elevador do Bom Jesus). It was elevated to a minor basilica on July 5, 2015.
Its peculiar disposition served as inspiration for other constructions, as for example the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios in Lamego, and the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos in the city of Congonhas, in Minas Gerais, in Brazil.
It is classified as a National Monument and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Dated 1837, consisting of a staircase along the lines of the Five Senses. The first source, the Faith, bears the inscription "Living waters will flow from it". Allegories are made to Docility and Confession. The second source is that of Hope, with...
Fonte do Tacto, Fountain of the Touch, with a figure holding a jug that spouts water, surmounted by the image of Solomon, with the inscription: "SALOMAO / VENTER MEUS INTREMUIT / AD TACTUM. EJUS / CANT. CHAP. 5, v. 4".
Eyesight Fountain, with a figure that throws water through his eyes and holds glasses in his hands, with three eagles on his head; the sun presides over the figurative ensemble, topped by a figure identified by the inscription "VIR PRUDENS / QUASI...
Stairway of the senses. In the FONTE DAS CINCO CHAGAS, the following inscription reads "PURPUREOS / FONTS ODIUM RESERAVIT / ADOXUM / NUNC IN CHRISTALLOS HIC TIBI / VERTIT AMOR"; it is flanked by the sculpture of Jeremiah, with the inscription "JER...
Continuing the rise of the stairway of the planets we arrived at the circular yard where the Jupiter source was (is currently high, next to a hotel). Astrologically, Jupiter embodies the principle of equilibrium, authority, order, abundance and pr...
