Visit the Municipal Theater Pax Julia - Salvador (Beja)

The Teatro Pax Julia, located in the parish of Salvador (Beja), was inaugurated on December 28, 1928. After remodeling in 1952, it became Cine-Theater and would close its doors in 1990. It was inaugurated as Teatro Municipal Pax Julia in the year of 2005. In the inauguration it counted on a spectacle with the musicians Sérgio Godinho, Rão Kyao, Vitorino, Janita Salomé and Filipa Pais.

Visit the Port of Évora - Salvador (Beja)

The Porta de Évora or Arco Romano is located next to the castle wall of Beja.

Visit the Portas de Moura - Salvador (Beja)

The Portas de Moura, located in the Parish of Salvador (Beja) were rebuilt in 1867, when they are consecrated to St. John the Baptist. In the upper part of the arch there is a walkway, decorated with a characteristic balcony.

Visit the Jorge Vieira Museum - Salvador (Beja)

The Jorge Vieira Museum, located in the Parish of Salvador (Beja), is part of the artistic heritage that the sculptor Jorge Vieira donated to the Beja Municipal Council in 1994. Installed since May 1995 in a building in the historic center of the city, The museum houses an important collection of sculptures, models and drawings by Jorge Vieira, a plastic artist who marked the course of Portuguese art throughout the 20th century.

Visit The Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner - Salvador (Beja)

The Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner whose model was projected in 1953 for the International Sculpture Competition promoted by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, where it was awarded. The mock-up took place at the Tate Gallery in London. It was also presented at the II São Paulo Biennial, Brazil (Portuguese representation). The project was implemented in larger dimensions in 1994 to be installed in the Parish of Salvador (Beja).

The original work of Jorge Vieira, in bronze, 445 x 300 x 290 mm, is in the Chiado Museum. The replica, also of Jorge Vieira, is made of steel and copper plate.

Visit the Church of the Savior - Salvador (Beja)

The Church of Salvador, located in the Parish of Salvador (Beja), whose foundation dates back to the 13th century. The main façade is sober and masonry.

Visit the Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo - Salvador (Beja)

The Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo is located in the parish of Salvador (Beja) and was commissioned by the widow of Diogo Fernandes de Beja, captain-general of the navies of India.

It is a typically eighteenth-century church with a simple facade and a triangular gable topped with pinnacles.

Visit the Church of Santa Maria - Salvador (Beja)

The Church of Santa Maria, located in the Parish of Salvador (Beja), is one of the oldest in the city of Beja. It is one of the best examples of the so-called 'Gothic Alentejo', preserving, from the medieval period, the apse. Also noteworthy are the Galilee, Baroque altars and a representation of the 'Tree of Jesse', installed in a side chapel. This Church is classified as Property of Public Interest.

Visit the Church of Our Lady of Pleasures - Salvador (Beja)

The Church of Our Lady of Pleasures, located in the Parish of Salvador (Beja), dates from 1672 and is composed of two distinct bodies. The simple façade does not denounce the artistic richness of its interior. Here is one of the most important repositories of sacred art in the city and a set of tiles with great beauty, made up of panels historicized in 1698 by the painter Gabriel del Barco. The body of the church is covered by baroque carving and 18th century tiles. This Church is classified as Property of Public Interest.

Visit the Church of Our Lady of the Foot of the Cross - Salvador (Beja)

The Church of Our Lady of the Foot of the Cross is located in the Parish of Salvador (Beja). The primitive hermitage dates from 1499, but the building that we find today was built in the 17th century. With a façade "style floor", characterized by austere lines. This Church is classified as Property of Public Interest.

Visit the Statue of D. José do Patrocínio Dias - Salvador (Beja)

Visit the Convent of São Francisco - Salvador (Beja)

The Convent of San Francisco, located in the Parish of Salvador (Beja), was built in the year 1268, at the end of the reign D. Afonso III. Nevertheless the beginning of the Convent of San Francisco happened eighty years later, in 1348, with the support of the local nobility and the king D. Dinis.

However it would undergo changes over the centuries so that elements of different styles of architecture are visible. From the Gothic period it maintains the call Chapel / Room of the Tombs, a funerary chapel built already in the century. XV, considered by some people as one of the most interesting Gothic in the country.

Already in the century. XIX, with the extinction of religious orders, the ecclesiastical set did not escape the destructive fury of that time, and the convent was transformed into military barracks. The church had several functions, such as a barber shop, a barn, and the tombs there to serve as drinking fountains for animals.

Currently the convent is converted into a private group hostel.

Visit the Convent of Our Lady of the Conception - Salvador (Beja)

The Convent of Our Lady of the Conception of Beja, located in the Parish of Salvador, belonged to the Order of the Friars Minor, and the Province of the Algarves.

In 1459, it was founded and granted license for its institution by two short ones of Pio II

It was erected next to the Infante Palace, in the center of the city. It began to be built on the initiative of the Duke of Beja, the infant D. Fernando (brother of D. Afonso V) and his wife D. Beatriz, the first dukes of Beja and country of D. Manuel.

In 1461 he received the oratory of St. Vitus.

In 1463, the third ones had already made profession in the Order of Santa Clara.

In 1469, the convent was almost completed, received the invocation of Our Lady of the Conception of Mary Most Holy, and the urbanist rule, as shown in the bull of December 21 of that year, granted by Pope Paul II.

In 1505, through the intervention of the Duchess of Beja, in spite of the observing direction, the convent became a pantheon of the ducal family.

With the end of religious orders the convent fell into decadence and was on the verge of ruin.

In 1895, the Paço dos Infantes was demolished, which was annexed to the convent, and part of the convent area. At that time it was possible to partially rebuild the convent.

On October 5, 1927, the Regional Museum of Art and Archeology was inaugurated in the building of the Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Conceição that occupies it up to the present day.

Visit the Fountain of the Court Square - Salvador (Beja)

Visit the Manueline Arcades of the Republic Square - Salvador (Beja)

The Manueline arches of Praça da República, located in the parish of Salvador (Beja), give this square a singular beauty.