The Church of São Bento, located in the Parish of Castro de Avelãs is one of the most symbolic monuments of the Transmontano Northeast, simultaneously illustrating the Romanesque art and the monastic life of the region.
From the primitive Romanesque project, the head remains, tripartite and staggered both in height and in size. Of semi-circular plan of two sections, the chancel and the apsolos are a unique work in our Romanesque art. Contrary to what was common in medieval Portugal, the material used was brick, a material much less expensive than stone. The outer walls are decorated with large blind arches, with double arch in the center, which rhythms horizontally all the elevations. The decoration used is strictly geometric, with protruding frames and friezes on sawtooth teeth.
At the time of its construction, the church had great monumentality, since it foresaw a plan of three ships (of which there is still the beginning of a lateral ship) and a harmonic facade with two towers flanking a central body.
Inside, in the right apse, there is the tomb of D. Nuno Martins de Chacim, executed around 1262 and decorated only with heraldic motifs and an unfinished epitaph.
This Church is classified as a National Monument.
From the primitive Romanesque project, the head remains, tripartite and staggered both in height and in size. Of semi-circular plan of two sections, the chancel and the apsolos are a unique work in our Romanesque art. Contrary to what was common in medieval Portugal, the material used was brick, a material much less expensive than stone. The outer walls are decorated with large blind arches, with double arch in the center, which rhythms horizontally all the elevations. The decoration used is strictly geometric, with protruding frames and friezes on sawtooth teeth.
At the time of its construction, the church had great monumentality, since it foresaw a plan of three ships (of which there is still the beginning of a lateral ship) and a harmonic facade with two towers flanking a central body.
Inside, in the right apse, there is the tomb of D. Nuno Martins de Chacim, executed around 1262 and decorated only with heraldic motifs and an unfinished epitaph.
This Church is classified as a National Monument.
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