Sé Catedral de Angra do Heroísmo - Terceira, Açores, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member RuiJSDuarte
N 38° 39.375 W 027° 13.138
26S E 480947 N 4278654
"A Igreja do Santíssimo Salvador da Sé, também referida apenas como Sé de Angra do Heroísmo, localiza-se na freguesia da Sé, no centro histórico da cidade e concelho de Angra do Heroísmo, na ilha Terceira, nos Açores.".
Waymark Code: WMKZTP
Location: Arquipélago dos Açores, Portugal
Date Posted: 06/23/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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"É a sede do Bispado de Angra, que engloba o arquipélago dos Açores.
Considerado o templo de maiores dimensões no arquipélago, apresenta planta retangular em estilo renascentista e "chão". O seu interior é marcado por enormes colunas de pedra que sustentam o tecto.
Ostenta na sua fachada duas torres com duas ordens de sineiras cada, as quais podem comportar 32 sinos.
No seu interior, destaca-se a charola da capela-mor e uma magnífica estante de leitura em estilo indo-português, ao centro do coro capitular.
É uma Igreja ampla de 3 naves divididas por pilares sem transepto, mas de cobertura única. A cabeceira é contudo surpreendente por se inscrever num revivalismo gótico, com deambulatório, com 3 capelas radiantes e um abside coberta por uma cúpula suportada por colunas dóricas, sendo o conjunto acanhado e com falta de proporção ao corpo do templo."

"The Sé Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo is a Portuguese 16th-century cathedral located in the civil parish of Sé, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira in the archipelago of the Azores."
"Located in the central part of the historic centre of Sé, the cathedral is the largest religious institution in the archipelago. The Sé Cathedral is part of the Arquitectura Chã movement. More than a style, it permeated from the middle of the 16th century to the beginning of the 18th century, as part of the Escola Portuguesa de Arquitectura e Urbanism (Portuguese School of Architecture and Urbanism). Its simplified and utilitarian design aesthetic was heavily influenced by the post-Manueline religious paradigm at the time.
The church is oriented towards to the north, rather than east, as was the historical tradition to orient medieval religious buildings towards Jerusalem or sunrise. At that time, lands were donated by Estevão Cerveira Borges, but owing to the lack of space when the construction began at the end of the 16th century, the axis of the church was oriented toward the north."
Religious affiliation: Catholic

Date founded or constructed: 1570

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