Chapel and House Coimbras

Capela e Casa dos Coimbras, Coimbras Chapel, Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception, Capela de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Portugal, Braga
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Chapel and House Coimbras

Capela e Casa dos Coimbras, Coimbras Chapel, Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception, Capela de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Portugal, Braga
The chapel and house of Coimbras are located in the historic center of Braga.
The building of the house attracts attention with its windows and doors in the Manueline style. The nearby chapel has an interesting form of a fortified tower and is made in the Gothic style, it is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. According to various sources, the Coimbras Chapel was built in 1525 as a chapel for the residence of the Coimbras family or as a side chapel of a neighboring church.
Today, inside the chapel you can see a perfectly preserved ribbed vault, decorated with rosettes and the coat of arms of the House of Lancaster, as well as altar sculptures and the composition "The Burial of Christ". The walls of the chapel are lined with azulejo tiles depicting scenes of the Creation of the world.
The Chapel of Coimbras has been considered a national monument of Portugal since 1910.

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Traveled 8 years ago
Rating 6
The small town of Braga has many attractions, but I would like to highlight one interesting architectural ensemble of the 16th century. – The Chapel and the House of Coimbras. In 1505, Juan de Coimbra, who served as the supplier of the episcopate of Braga, bought the building and equipped it with his future residence, and in 1525 he also added a Gothic chapel. The house itself is interesting to look at thanks to the beautiful windows, doors and balconies in the Manueline style (now there is an art gallery).
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