The church of Santo Estêvão, located in the parish of Castelo Viegas, has a beautiful landscape, distributed in staggered volumes consisting of the temple and the churchyard, with steps and terraces thrown on the slope. Of very simple typology, it has a single nave, covered with a wooden ceiling, and a rectangular chancel with a cradle vault, opened by a perfect triumphal arch. The two side chapels are covered with stone vaults, and in the chapel on the side of the Gospel stands the back wall, lined with nineteenth-century blue and white tiles of regional manufacture, with scenes from the Life of the Virgin. In the main façade, with triangular gable, looms the main portal, with a straight span, with a simple curved pediment surmounted by a small round window. More interesting is the south façade, with a similar portal, but topped by a raised bust of the Eternal Father. Originally a bell tower was erected on the façade, already replaced in the twentieth century by the present bell tower.
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