Igreja de Sao Francisco, Porto
Este Convento de S.Francisco teve inicio em 1245. O terreno onde foi construído, conhecido como Redondela, foi oferecido por um devoto comerciante portuense. Foi aqui no Porto que os Franciscanos mais dificuldades passaram para construir o seu mosteiro. As disputas por parte do Bispo do Porto foram duras, a tal ponto que os Fransciscanos aceitaram uma proposta para sair do Porto e fundar o Mosteiro do lado de Gaia. A Bula Papal de Inocêncio V em 1224 ordenou que o lugar de Miragaia fosse restaurado para eles. Foi reconstruída entre 1383 e 1410, em estilo gótico mendicante : Três naves, com cruzeiro saliente, embora menor do que a nave central e capela-mor mais baixa do que o transepto. Capelas da cabeceira poligonais, cobertura geral de estrutura de madeira. O templo franciscano tem caracter público, abrindo as suas portas a todos os acontecimentos sociais e políticos. D.João I escolheu aqui ficar durante o casamento com Filipa de Lencastre em Leça do Balio. Nos séculos XV e XVI, algumas famílias escolhem esta igreja como seu panteão. Durante os séc. XVII e XVIII o interior foi totalmente coberto com talha dourada, e foi construído o seu coro alto. Em 1833, no final do cerco do Porto um incendio destruiu o claustro, e parcialmente a igreja. A fachada foi reconstruída, sendo apenas a rosácea do templo original.
The altarpiece representing the Tree of Jesse is adapted from an earlier work, possibly existing until the end of the 17th century and is not part of the original church. The tree, carved out of multi-colored wooden leaves, in which the 12 figures...
The churches of the Franciscan convents are characterized by the heads made up of 3 polygonal chapels, reinforced by stepped buttresses, narrow and tall windows with pointed arch, and a vault carved in stone. than the two sides. From 1595 this chu...
At the top of the right side of the transept is the chapel of the Carneiro family, founded by João Carneiro, Master of the Escola da Sé de Braga. This chapel is the work of the architect Diogo de Castilho and was completed in 1500, as can be seen ...
In the transept, in addition to the altarpiece, the chancel, the chapels of São Bento, Santo Antônio and São Francisco can be seen on the left. On the right are those of São Bonnaventura, the Três Reis Magos and Nossa Senhora das Candeias.
Chapel of the Martyrs of Morocco. On the Epistle side, three altarpieces, first and third, from the chancel, respectively that of the Annunciation of Our Lady (1750), formerly known as the Incarnation and that of the Holy Martyrs of Morocco (ca. 1...
To the right of the church next to the entrance, a niche can be seen, containing a statue of São Francisco of the century. XIII, sculpted from a single granite block. Below this we see a Romanesque sarcophagus, carved roughly on the frontal surfac...
Designed by Francisco Pereira Campanhã is the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Soledade (1764 Rococo), which is in front of the Chapel of Arvore de Jessé, flanked by the altarpieces of Costa Noronha. In this same place, there was previously the Porciúnc...
At the entrance to the Chapel of Santo António, the Retable of S. Benedito (Carver Pereira da Costa 1724), and on the left side of the Retable of S. Francisco (Carver Pereira da Costa 1724)
In the south transept, in addition to the main altarpiece or retable, of the chancel, the chapels of São Bento, Santo Antônio and São Francisco can be seen on the left. On the right are those of São Bonnaventura, the Três Reis Magos and Nossa Senh...
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the interior was completely covered with carved gilded wood decoration, an expression of significant decorative richness in Porto, which hid its original structure, it was at this moment that it was certainly expand...
Upon entering the main door of the mortuary chapel of Luís Álvares de Sousa you are on the left side under the choir. The chapel door has a fourteenth-century coat of arms quartered (In the first and fourth quadrants, five small shields each loade...
This S.Francisco Convent started in 1245. The land where it was built, known as Redondela, was offered by a devout Porto trader. It was here in Porto that the Franciscans experienced the most difficulties in building their monastery. The disputes ...
