Convento de São Francisco / Igreja de Santa Cristina
Former Mannerist Franciscan convent. Currently, the Mesão Frio City Council, the Land Registry and the Tourism Office operate in the convent building. The interior of the church features wooden ceilings, a nave with a high choir, pulpits and two chapels. Together with the Convent of São Francisco de Vinhais, it constituted one of the two convents of the Order of Friars Minor that were Apostolic Seminaries in the district.
Contacts
Avenida Conselheiro José Maria Alpoim, 432
5040-310,Mesão Frio
- tel:254890100254890100
- email: [email protected]
- Easy external parking
- Convents & Monasteries
- Visitable (no guide)
- True
Characteristics
Monuments near Convento de São Francisco / Igreja de Santa Cristina
Arcas Tumulares Românicas
It is a set of seven trapezoidal sarcophagi dating from the end of the Middle Ages, placed in the churchyard of the Parish Church of Mesão Frio. Each of them c…