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Churches and Chapels

Tavira
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Tavira boasts one of the most interesting sets of religious architecture in the Algarve. Despite not having been chosen as the seat of the Bishopric of the Algarve in the sixteenth century, when Silves was in decline, the city manifested considerable religious sensitivity, building many places of worship, which is also a sign of its importance and prosperity over the centuries. This guide provides visitors with an overview of Tavira’s religious heritage. The accumulated artistic value in these churches and the plurality of styles, disciplines and artists found in them are especially worthy of note. The quality of the Gothic and Manueline features of the Church of Santa Maria and the old Convent of São Francisco, the Renaissance elegance of the Misericórdia, which was the work of master stonemason André Pilarte, and the force of the “plain style” in the churches of São Paulo and Graça or the exuberance of the Baroque spaces in the churches of Carmo and São José, jointly define, in these or in other temples in the city, a route that is indicative of Portuguese art and of great importance for the history of the city and the region. Check the opening times of the buildings here www.cm-tavira.pt.
Points of interest

The old Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça

Main Church of Santo Estevão (Cachopo)

Portico of the former Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Piedade (or das Bernadas)

Sixteenth Century Chapel of the Church of Hospital do Espírito Santo (or de São José)

Main Church of Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo

Main Church of Santo Estêvão

Main Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição

Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Livramento (or of São Lázaro)

Main Church of Nossa Senhora da Luz

Main Church of Santa Luzia

Church of Nossa Senhora das Ondas or of São Pedro Gonçalves Telmo

Old Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Piedade or of the Bernardas

Chapel of São Sebastião

Church and old Convent of Santo António dos Capuchos

Church of Hospital do Espirito Santo or of São José

Chapel of Santa Ana

The Church of the old Convent of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda or of São Paulo

Church of Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo

Chapel of São Brás

Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade

Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Consolação

Main Church of Santiago

Church of Misericórdia

Main Church of Santa Maria do Castelo