Igreja de São João Baptista / Igreja Matriz de Alcochete
The origin of this church may be linked to an old arabic mosque, later transformed by Dom Manuel II in the gothic-manuelin style. A special note to the rose window, the manuelin tower, the hipanic-arabic tiles and the golden carvings in the chancel, of the 18th century.
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Monuments near Igreja de São João Baptista / Igreja Matriz de Alcochete
Capela de Nossa Senhora da Vida
A church with only one nave covered by a wood ceiling, ornament by an 18th century painting that represents the patron saint. The nave of the high altar is cov…
Ermida Nossa Senhora Conceição dos Matos
With a rural type of architecture, the current hermitage was a part of the old palace that belonged to the family of Tristão da Cunha, the navigator who discov…
Igreja de São Brás
Located in the centre of the small town of Samouco, its interior is composed of one sole nave. The façade has a simple entrance, topped by a larg window with g…
Pórtico do Convento de São Francisco
A portico structure with three arches, ornamented with a set of tem tile panels of the 18th century, located atop the arches. In 1836, the convent of Saint Fra…
