Church of the Lord of the Martyrs (Fronteira)
Fronteira, Portalegre, Portugal
Church of the Lord of the Martyrs (Fronteira)
Church of the Lord of the Martyrs (Fronteira)
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Located at one end of the village is the second temple to be built on the site, to the west of the present building there are vestiges of the vault of the primitive church of São Sebastião, already existing in 1570.
The current temple was built in the early 18th century. A few years after its construction was this church destination of many romagen "for falling in the same church and near her on a Saturday of Hallelujah many flowers" although there is another version, that a miracle would have occurred before its edification that would come to to be built in consequence of this fact, as a precept of gratitude of the father of a mute child who, upon seeing the flowers fall, had gained the gift of speech.
In Fronteira, district of Portalegre.
It is an interesting building of eighteenth-century architecture, of remarkable artistic quality, with its baroque structure of cut angles, is based on an architectural typology of octagonal plants of Baroque-Roman root, according to Prof. Doctor Vítor Serrão. In addition, the same temple, adds the prof., Also preserves an invaluable filling, with emphasis for the excellent altarpiece by the arch. Reggio João Antunes, as well as a good lisbon tile of blue and white paint, of the "great masters cycle", with scenes of the Passion, tiles that are linked to the school of Oliveira Bernardes. This church is property of public interest with office MC 1996.
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