Catedral Sé Patriarcal

The west facade of the Catedral Sé Patriarcal

View of the altar

The Catedral Sé Patriarcal , also called Igreja de Santa Maria Maior , is the main church of the city of Lisbon and the cathedral of the Patriarchate of Lisbon .

Building history

The building is on the site where a mosque used to be . Construction began in 1147, making the Catedral Sé Patriarcal the oldest church in the city. In 1344 an earthquake caused some damage. In 1380 the western facade was built in the Romanesque style.

The earthquake of 1755 caused further damage, including the destruction of the Gothic choir . In the 18th century the towers were crowned with spikes in the Baroque style . The tips were dismantled during the reign of António de Oliveira Salazar in order to achieve a uniform appearance in the Romanesque style. At the same time, the battlements were restored and the portal-like window in the west facade was replaced by a rose window .

inner space

View of the westwork

The interior of the cathedral is designed in the styles of the Romanesque and Gothic, whereby the Gothic can be found predominantly in the area of ​​the choir. The ceiling of the church was painted in the Baroque period. One of the organs also comes from this period .

The remodeling of some of the chapels in the styles of baroque, rococo and classicism was reversed in the 20th century.

The baptismal font , in which, according to tradition, Saint Anthony was baptized in 1195 , dates from the 12th century. In one of the chapels there is the nativity scene created by Machado de Castro from 1766.

Organs

Historical gospel organ

View of the Epistle organ

The cathedral has two organs . On the gospel side of the chancel there is a historical, single-manual organ, which was built around 1788 by the organ builder Joaquim António Peres Fontanes.

The organ on the Epistle side was built in 1964 by the Flentrop organ building company. The instrument has 51 stops on four manuals and a pedal .

I Positivo C – f 1 Quintatão 8th' Tapado 8th' Flautado 4 ′ Flauta de Cham. 4 ′ Oitava 2 ′ Décima novena 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Címbala III-IV Sexquiáltera II Bassoon 8th' Tremolo

II Hauptwerk C – f 3 Quintatão 16 ′ Flautado 8th' Flauta de Cham. 8th' Oitava Real 4 ′ Tapadinho 4 ′ Quinzena 2 ′ Dozena 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Décima Sétima 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Cheio IV Címbala III Corneta Real V. Horizontal Trompa Maior 16 ′ Clarim de Batalha 8th'

III Swell C – f 3 Salicional 8th' Flauta Travessa 8th' Flautado 4 ′ Flauta Cónica 4 ′ Flauta 2 ′ Cheio IV Clarão III Cromorna 16 ′ Charamela 8th' Tremolo

IV Rückpositiv C – f 3 Bordão 8th' Flauta de Ponta 4 ′ Quinzena 2 ′ Pífaro 2 ′ Vigésima 2a 1' Sobrecímbala III shelf 8th' Tremolo Horizontal Dulçaina 16 ′

Pedals C – f 1 Flautado Maior 16 ′ Contrabaixo 16 ′ Aberto 8th' Tapado 8th' Oitava 4 ′ Cheio IV Flauta de Chaminé 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Flautas Bombarda 16 ′ Trombeta 8th' Horizontal Baixãozinho 4 ′ Chirimia 2 ′

• Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Cloister

Details of the cloister

The cloister to the east of the cathedral was built at the end of the 13th century under the rule of King Dionysius and in the 14th century. There is an archaeological exhibition that shows the remains of ancient buildings and an iron grating in the Romanesque style.

literature

• Hans Strelocke: Portugal. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1994, pp. 83-85, ISBN 3-7701-1369-1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the historical organ
2. ↑ Information on the organ

Web links

Commons : Catedral Sé Patriarcal  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Patriarchate of Lisbon (Portuguese)

Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′ 35 "  N , 9 ° 7 ′ 59"  W.