Location:
Sines, Alentejo, Portugal
Post Date:
Apr 22, 2024 11:18 AM
TAG ID:
uigphotos499797
(RM)
Credit:
PHAS/Newscom
Format:
3640 x 2397 Color JPEG
Keywords:
16th century, Age of Discoveries, Alentejo, Alentejo region, church, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Europe, European, Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Salas, National Monument, Nossa Senhora das Salas, Nossa Senhora das Salas Church, Our Lady of Salas, Portugal, Portuguese, Portuguese late Gothic, Setubal District, Sines, Vasco da Gama, Vasco de Gama, architecture, ceramic, chapel, conical pinnacle, cross, exterior, facade, history, history of Portugal, Modern Age, pinnacle, religion, religious architecture, temple, tiles
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
Portugal, Sines. Nossa Senhora das Salas Church. The chapel was built on the initiative of Vasco da Gama, next to the place where there was a hermitage commemorating the salvation of Princess Fatassa. The original temple dates from the 15th century, although it was modified in the 16th century. Architectural detail of the upper part of the main facade, with a cross and a conical pinnacle crowning the buttresses of the church. District of Setúbal.