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.

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Terreiro dos Evangelistas, aerial view

In the upper part of the park, stands out the wide of the three chapels and terreiro of the evangelists, built in the period 1769, of Rocaille architecture, with its three hexagonal chapels, four sources of backpacked backwards, in the shot of whi...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of Portico, Chapela of Darkness, Mars Fountain

Bom Jesus, not counting the basilica, consists of ninetal chapels irregularly by the slope of this mount (formerly denominated from Santa Cruz) and linked to themselves by graceful and monumental stairs. Fourteen Capels closes the steps, the cours...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of Portico, Chapel of betrayal, Diana Fountain

The chapel of betrayal. On the left side of the chapel is the fountain (fountain of Diana) with the respective emblems: hand, quiver and bow. Diana is the Roman goddess identified with artemisia, Greek goddess, divinity of woods and forests, hunti...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of Portico, Chapels

At the end of the nineteenth century, when the sanctuary suffered deep works of remodeling, almost all chapels were altered, as well as its sculptural sets, except for the chapels of the last supper, Horto and Resurrection. Bom Jesus, not counting...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Portal do Bom Jesus,

Half Legua, the nascent of the URBE "Bracara Augusta", on Mount Espinho, partly covered with rocks and an inclined and higher plane on the city, we reach the resort of Bom Jesus, with all its architectural magnitude. We began the visit at the base...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary, aerial view

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 ( Bom Je...

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Braga Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary, rotunda aerial view

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 ( Bom Je...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary, Church

This basilica was designed by the architect Carlos Amarante, commissioned by the then Archbishop of Braga, D. Gaspar de Bragança, to replace the previous church, from the same time as the staircase. Its works began on June 1, 1784, and were comple...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary, Terreiro de Moises

Like the Bom Jesus Church, this square was designed by Carlos Amarante. Here the primitive church existed, built at the initiative of the Archbishop of Braga, D. Rodrigo de Moura Teles, and completed in 1725. It was an ellipsoidal building, topped...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of the Senses, Fountain of Hearing

The Fountain of Hearing has a figure that throws water from the ears, flanked by bulls and, at the top, the singer Idito, playing the zither, identified: "IDITHUM. / QUI IN CITHARA PROPHETABAT SUPER CONFITENTES / ET LAUDANTES DOMINUM. I PARAL. 25,...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of the virtues, Fountain of Charity

Escadório das Virtudes. 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 sour...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of Virtues, Fountain of Hope

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...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of Virtues, Fountain of Faith

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...

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of senses, Fountain of the taste

The Taste Fountain features a figure that pours water through his mouth, holding an apple in his left hand, flanked by two monkeys, surmounted by José do Egipto, holding a plate of fruit and a chalice

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Braga, Bom Jesus do Monte, Stairway of Senses, Fountain Sense of Smell

The sense of smell is personified by a figure who pours water through his nose, holding an open box, flanked by two dogs and topped by allegory, identified by the inscription: "VIR SAPIENS. FLORETE FLORES QUASI LILLIUM ET DATE ODOREM. ECCL. 39, 19...