Visit the Coimbra Major Seminary Building - Almedina (Coimbra)

The Coimbra Major Seminary Building, located in the Parish of Almedina, is a sui generis building given its Italian architecture and featuring several spaces that are worth a close visit.
Noteworthy is the Sagrada Familia church, with its dome, considered one of the most beautiful in the country; the reliquary chapel of S. Miguel; the Old Library, with more than 9,000 books from 1507 to 1800; the episcopal chambers; the tile room; and the Mondego Balcony, which has a magnificent view over the city. Noteworthy is a woodcut by Monsignor Nunes Pereira, a canvas by the famous painter Grão Vasco and the 18th century pipe organ, built in 1762 by João Fontana de Maquera, which falls under the category of “Iberian organs” and which has 1500 tubes.

Visit the Adaúfe Parish Church

The Parish Church of Adaúfe stands out for having an organ of tubes of the XVIII Century.

Visit the Church of Avintes

The Church of Avintes was built in 1787 to replace the older one.
This church has a modest facade, but very harmonious architectural lines. By the middle between the trusses, has almost the apex of the pediment a niche where the statue of St. Peter, beneath the window of curved lines of the chorus and the main door of which stands out among the ornaments, the insignia of papal patron.
Beside the tower stands, slightly misaligned facade topped by a quadrangular pyramid, where 4 bells of recent manufacture. The whole building is covered with old tiles.
The interior features side altars, especially of the Lady of the Rosary, the others are the altars of Santa Ana and Senhor dos Passos.
The church was painted by Feliciano Joaquim da Costa Braga. This painting is still prevalent, only the roof has been restored and renovated. The old chestnut staves was painted white and had, on the side moldings, colored ornaments stood out among them twelve stools of fantasy, about six of these were angels sitting with flowers and palms in their hands and others testified in polls flowers, the center opened up three large rosettes.
The interior is decorated with gilded woodwork, deserving special attention to the altar of the chapel and the altars in the transept, which are magnificent examples of woodwork. The pulpit, granite base, has a simple wooden balustrade. Four large windows and the door of the facade to let in natural light, highlighting the beauty and harmony of this church.
As for stuffing, deserves special mention in a wooden image of Our Lady and Child, probably the century. XIV, and the Santa Ana, the same material, dating from the century. XVIII.
Regarding the organ is likely to have been brought from the chapel of the Church of the Third Dominicans.
In the sacristy are the oil paintings of deceased avintenses three in Brazil and in his will, do not forget the most important guilds, as well as some parish priests who were once there.

Visit the Church of Alpedrinha

The Church of Alpedrinha have been built, probably in the century. XII, four years later was restored, and it was changed throughout the front face, which has given the various misconceptions concerning the date of its construction.
Later the church underwent repairs and modifications, and even the Cross of the Order of Christ, who boasted on the front was torn off and disappeared.

It has seven altars: Altar and chapel, the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary altar of the Lord of Souls, St Anne's altar, altar of S. John the Baptist altar of Our Lady of the High Heavens and the altar of the Blessed Sacrament.




It also has a magnificent pipe organ of the eighteenth century, at a height of three meters and a half, which has entered the old sacristy. After many years of inactivity of the body, because it is dilapidated, was restored by Master Antonio Simões, organ tuner Condeixa-a-Nova, who had been handed virtually every organ in the country. And on January 27, 1985 the national reentered the service.