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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Visit the Church of St. John the Beheaded - Terrugem

The Church of St. John the Beheaded, located in the Town of Terrugem, have been built in the sixteenth century. Displays Manueline and Mannerist. It has bell tower crowned by a dome pierced by fire pits bull's eye, with a clock dated 1807. Inside, the nave is covered with carpet tiles dating from 1681. Front of the altars lined Seville tiles of the sixteenth century. The Chancel, Manueline, has the marble altar piece, dated 1824. At the altar, a polychrome sculpture representing the head of S. John the Baptist. In the baptismal chapel there is a polychrome tile panel where the Baptism of Christ figure and a small panel of polychrome tiles with the figuration of Our Lady.

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