Igreja de Santa Catarina (Lisbon)
The Igreja de Santa Catarina is the Catholic parish church of the former municipality of Santa Catarina in the Portuguese capital Lisbon .
history
A first Katharinenkirche was built on the Alto de Santa Catarina by order of Queen Katharina . This church was badly damaged in the 1755 earthquake. After restoration, services were held again from 1757. In 1835 it was destroyed in a fire.
Since then, the church of the recently abolished Convento dos Religiosos de São Paulo da Serra de Ossa on Calçada do Combro has served as the new Katharinenkirche .
It has been classified as a Monumento Nacional since 1918 .
Web links
Commons : Igreja de Santa Catarina (Lisbon) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Igreja de Santa Catarina (Lisbon) in the Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 14, 2012
Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′ 41 ″ N , 9 ° 8 ′ 53.8 ″ W.