Barcelos seen from the sky and soil, together with interior views. The fair field where the Barcelos Fair is celebrated, the handicraft, a stroll through the medieval core, the first square of the city, the buildings that marked its history, some linked to other miracles of support for pilgrims to compostela. Barcelos is a city that thrills us, but also has also out of its urban center, some good surprises that are well worth being visited. It is the case for two Romanic chapels of the beginning of nationality, and a monastery whose interior left me surprised.
It is a temple in baroque style, with plant centered on Latin cross covered by cupola. Like other temples, of pilgrimage or processional, the church has centralized plant Clearcut by a central circle (the ship) and a corridor that runs all the way...
Baptistery with baptismal sink of Manueline tracing, it was possibly placed here in the seventeenth century, during the works of remodeling of the central body.
The church of the former Monastery of Vilar de Frades, implemented in the area of Primitive Romanesque and Benedictine Construction (269), came from the will of the evangelist priests of the five hundred and the Mecenato de D. Diogo de Sousa, Ar...
1589-1658 Works in the side chapels, including the placement of its altables. It is completed for the works of the Church in 1658. 1589-1658 Works in the side chapels, including the placement of its altables. It is completed for the works of the C...
The choir was constructed between 1634-24 and the wooden floorboard and coatings in 1682, by the hand of the disclosure António João Padilha, from the port. The high choir name advises the fact that it is closer to the sky, the Divine. The prayers...
The high choir was constructed between 1634-24 and the wooden floorboard and coatings in 1682, by the hand of the disclosure António João Padilha, from the port. The high choir name advises the fact that it is closer to the sky, the Divine. The pr...
Romanesque portal - from the original romanesque monastery, there are still this portal and a window that is above this portal. It was transferred in the eighteenth century, during a remodeling of the main facade. This portal consists of 3 archivo...
The sacristy is from the end of the eighteenth century, neo-classic style. The former would be manueline and smaller. The windows line up with the frames of the four evangelists on the opposite wall. The central table to prepare the goblets.
From the original Manueline cloister remains the ruins of the south wall and would be quite well ornamented with marble and a fountain in the center. This cloister is neo-classic from the end of the eighteenth century, beginning of the nineteenth ...
Although the main facade has been rebuilt during the eighteenth century, the Axial Portal maintained its manueline aesthetics (portuguese late gothic). At that time the original Romanesque portal was rebuilt in the south tower. Oak door with brass...
The church of the former Monastery of Vilar de Friars, implemented in the area of Primitive Romanesque and Benedictine Construction (269), came from the will of the evangelist priests of the five hundred and the Mecenato de D. Diogo de Sousa, Ar...
