Igreja do Convento de São Francisco Church, Estremoz

Get to know how is the Gothic church of the Convento de São Francisco on your way through Estremoz, Alentejo, Portugal.

Igreja do Convento de São Francisco Church
© Celestino Manuel

The Convento de São Francisco Convent in the city of Estremoz hosts a Gothic church of the 12th c. with a Rococo facade from a much later date, and three naves with five stretches and ogive arches.

On the inside of its monumental church you can have a look at a curious retable of the 16th c. with golden engravings of the tree of Jessé.

After the liberal revolution, the convent was turned into a cavalry regiment, the cloister in a weapons yard and it was added the Capela de Dom Fradique de Portugal Chapel, also known as Capela Do Senhor dos Passos, which currently has a Renaissance portal vestibule and Manueline elements on the windows and the inside.

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Largo dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, Estremoz, Portugal.

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