Igreja de São Domingos (Sé Catedral) - Vila Real, Portugal
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N 41° 17.781 W 007° 44.812
29T E 604918 N 4572412
[PT]A Igreja de São Domingos ou Sé de Vila Real localiza-se em Vila Real, Portugal. [EN]The Church of São Domingos or Cathedral of Vila Real is located in the city of Vila Real, Portugal.
Waymark Code: WME4P6
Location: Vila Real, Portugal
Date Posted: 04/03/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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[PT]
"Começou por ser a igreja do antigo convento de S. Domingos, edificado sob licença de D. João I, em 1421, neste local que, ao tempo, se situava fora das muralhas da cidade.

A nacionalização dos bens monásticos em 1834 e um violento incêndio ocorrido em 1897 destruíram as antigas instalações conventuais, excepto o templo que, em 1922, passaria a ser a Sé Catedral, quando Vila Real foi elevada a diocese pelo papa Pio XI.

A planta do edifício apresenta a traça comum às igrejas medievais portuguesas, com três naves no interior cortadas por um transepto. Na fachada do lado poente, dois contrafortes robustos marcam, no exterior, a existência das três naves. Entre eles, avança um corpo que enquadra o pórtico, de construção simples.

No interior, procure descobrir, por entre a folhagem esculpida nos capitéis, algumas figuras de encantador naturalismo medievo talhadas na dura pedra de granito pelos anónimos artífices de quatrocentos: as duas classes sociais predominantes na era medieval, representadas num padre e num guerreiro, um caçador oculto que espera o javali brandindo a lança e vindimadores colhendo as uvas."

Retirado do site de turismo de Portugal aqui: (visit link)

[EN]
"Begin at the church in the former convent of S. Domingos (Saint Dominic), constructed on the permission of king João I, in 1421. At the time, this site would have been beyond the city walls.

The nationalisation of monastic assets in 1834 and a devastating fire in 1897 resulted in the destruction of the entire former convent apart from the church. In 1922, it became the Cathedral when Vila Real was made a diocese by pope Pious XI.

The layout of the church is that common to many medieval Portuguese churches with its three naves cut by a transept. On the western facade, two hefty abutments provide an external reference to the three naves. Between them, there is a section that includes the simply constructed porchway flanked on either side by three columns.

Inside the central nave, the highest, is separated from the lateral by four large ogival arches, with the dividing pillars surrounded by four columns. Try and make out, amongst the sculpted foliage on the chapters, some of the charming naturalist medieval figures carved into the hard granite. They feature the predominant social classes of the medieval times: the priest, the soldier, the hunter, hidden with spear ready awaiting a wild boar, and peasants picking grapes."

From the Portuguese official tourism website here: (visit link)
Address:
Avenida Carvalho Araújo Vila Real Portugal


Religious affiliation: Catholic

Date founded or constructed: 1421

Web site: [Web Link]

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