Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Alva / Igreja Matriz de Aljezur
The Church of Our Lady of Dawn, or New Church, as it is also known, was built in the late 18th century. Its façade consists of three panels, and the interior, with three naves, features a ceiling decorated with a large carved wooden star. Also, noteworthy is the altarpiece in the main chapel, in neoclassical carving (1809), which features the image of Our Lady of Dawn, patron saint of Aljezur.
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Monuments near Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Alva / Igreja Matriz de Aljezur
A Mondadeira
This Panel is a tribute to the Mondadeira, an activity which if exercised in the decades of 30 to 50 of the twentieth century, rice paddies located in Dom Sanc…
Castelo de Aljezur
Built on a hill overlooking the river, human occupation of this area dates back to the Iron Age. It allowed control of the river port that connected it to the …
Igreja da Misericórdia de Aljezur
A 16th-century church, rebuilt in the 18th century after the 1755 earthquake. It features a Renaissance portal, and its interior is extremely simple, with a si…
