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Monday, June 11, 2018

Visit the Chapel of São Sebastião - Cividade (Braga)

The São Sebastião Chapel, located in the parish of Cividade, in the city of Braga, was built by the Confraternity of São Sebastião in the 16th century. XV, but the present construction is of the century. XVIII.
It is a baroque temple, with an eighteenth-centric plan, in which the blue and white tiles are highlighted, with scenes from the life of St. Sebastian. The panel, dated 1717, is signed by the author, the potter António de Oliveira Bernardes.
In the interior, richly decorated in Baroque style, note the wooden ceiling, with representations of the objects of the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, and the neoclassical altarpieces of the lateral altars.

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Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of the Tower - Cividade (Braga)

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Tower, located in the Parish of Cividade in the City of Braga, was built between 1756 and 1759, and the project was designed by the architect André Soares. At the top of the tower of Santiago is a bell tower and, at its base, an oratory dedicated to Our Lady of the Tower, erected as a way of thanking the city for having been spared the earthquake of 1755.