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Showing posts with label Ansião (Town). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ansião (Town). Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

Visit the Pelourinho Ansião

The Pillory Ansião was erected in the year 1686 in front of the manor of the Counts of Ericeira (later, this building was tapped him to run the town hall) in central Vil.
Pelourinho is the octagonal shaft, with the arms of the Count of Ericeira.
In the early twentieth century, the pillory was repaired and moved from that location to the place where it is today, near the Street Fund.

Visit the River Beach Ansião

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Visit the Church of Ansião

The mother church of Ansião date of 1593 and is surrounded by a churchyard, with the cobblestone floor has a wall with iron railings and a staircase leading to the main entrance.
Inside, the temple is broad, with three naves, divided among themselves by five arches in masonry which are based on Tuscan columns and the floor is wooden. The main chapel, separated from the nave by a round arch, has stone floors, a coffered dome with coverage in stone and altar dedicated to Our Lady of Conception, is contemporary.
At the top of each of the aisles for the altar, already late in gilt.
On the left side of the temple at the entrance, there is entered in a baptistery chapel arch altea, with seventeenth-century baptismal font. On the right, already beyond the sun door, said there are two chapels:
An arch with carved stonework and roof also of stone, decorated with a stone image of St. Anianus of the seventeenth century, in a niche beside the Cross, and another image of St. Therese of the Child Jesus. The Chapel of the early seventeenth century, was built by André Fernandes and wife are buried there.
In another chapel, beside, there is a bas-relief in the Renaissance stone representing a beautiful and valuable Calvary (sixteenth century)

Visit Fonte Santa - Ansião

The Holy Fountain, located in the Town of Ansião is Mannerist, with a niche surmounted by a Latin cross

Visit the Fountain Rainha Santa Isabel - Ansião

Visit the Chapel of St. Blaise - Ansião

Friday, February 4, 2011

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Peace - Ansião

The Chapel of Our Lady of Peace, located in Constantia, Town of Ansião, has a stone staircase with Galit porch and coverage based on ten columns. It has a single nave with a wooden ceiling and stone staircase and pulpit. The chapel has two side altars with tables of stone, carved altarpiece and niches. These shrines have been erected in the seventeenth century and are characteristically baroque.
The cut is golden and multicolored green, blue, red and pink, has columns with vine branches interwoven with vine leaves and grape bunches.
It has the statues of St. Anthony and St. Peter.
The arc Cruise, in stone, is carved and decorated by trapezoids and resting on columns. The ceiling of the chancel consists of 35 painted wood panel with several reasons.