Santarém Cathedral (Portugal)
The Cathedral of Santarém ( Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Portuguese ), consecrated to the Virgin Mary , is the episcopal church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Santarém in the city of Santarém in central Portugal .
location
The cathedral is located near the old town center of Santarém, a good 1 km west of the Tagus River, at a height of approx. 50 m .
history
The former Jesuit convent , built in the last quarter of the 17th century, became state property after the Jesuit order was abolished in Portugal in the 1750s. Under Pope Pius VII , however, the order was restored in 1814 with the bull Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum ; the former Jesuit convent was used as a seminary . As part of the re-establishment of the diocese of Santarém in 1975 by the Pope Paul VI. enacted Apostolic Constitution Apostolicae Sedis consuetudinem , the church was raised to the rank of cathedral.
architecture
Although the three portals of the facade - with the exception of the gable - in a strict and straight baroque style (see Classicist Baroque ) suggest a three-aisle structure , the interior of the church has only one nave. The nave, spanned by a stuccoed and painted flat ceiling, is flanked by numerous lavishly designed side altars and ends in an altarpiece with twisted Solomonic columns .
See also
Web links
- Santarém Cathedral - Photos + Info (monument, Portuguese)
Coordinates: 39 ° 14 ′ 13.5 ″ N , 8 ° 41 ′ 8.5 ″ W.