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Founded by Dom Afonso Herinques after the Reconquest, but
completely altered at the end of the 13th and start of the
14th Century, this ancient Gothic temple has three naves
with ogival arches and finely worked capitals, and expresses
admirably the sacred space of medieval churches. The main
doorway, inscribed in a Gothic gablet, was added to in the
early 16th Century - a double entrance with classical column
in the center. Also from that period are the choir with
its lacunar vaulting and the font and stoup, which are Manueline.
Nearby is an excellent sculpture of the Immaculate Conception,
in polychrome wood (17th Century) in the Gothic chancel.
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