São Domingos Church (Lisbon)

Portugal / Lisboa e Vale do Tejo / Lisbon / Largo de Sao Domingos
 church, listed building / architectural heritage
Largo São Domingos
1150-320 Lisboa, Portugal
Phone: +351 21 342 8275
www.patriarcado-lisboa.pt/site/index.php?tem=65&value=o...

The building is the best representative of Neoclassical architecture of Palladian influence in Lisbon. The main feature of the facade is a portico (hexastyle) with six Ionic columns reused from the Saint Francis Convent of Lisbon and a triangular pediment. The tympanum of the pediment is decorated with a sculpted relief showing Apollo and the Muses.

The pediment is topped by a statue of Renaissance playwright Gil Vicente considered the founder of Portuguese theatre. Ironically, some of Gil Vicente's plays had been censured by the Portuguese Inquisition in the late 16th century.

In this building

  1. Burnt historic church interior
  2. The historic altar
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Wikipedia article: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igreja_de_São_Domingos_(Santa_Justa)
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Coordinates:   38°42'53"N   9°8'17"W
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