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Portugal Another Lovely Trip to Portugal! Lisbon In Lisbon Again The Church of Santa Engrácia
The Church of Santa Engrácia
The Church of Santa Engrácia is 17th century large church in Alfama.
It has been converted to a National Pantheon in the 20th century.
It's nice to visit, but I wouldn't put it into the very top attractions of the city.
The Church of Santa Engrácia was built between 1681-1966.
The National Pantheon was established inside it in the 20th century and it contains the symbolical (not real!) coffins of various Portuguese personalities.
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The Baroque church is dedicated to the martyr Saint Engrácia of the city of Braga.
Although the church was already built by 1712, the final version was inaugurated in 1966 only.
Entering the colossal white church
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I walked around inside and reached to the top, where there's a great viewpoint - a huge terrace.
This was another one of the best viewpoints in Lisbon (see other viewpoints here).
From here, you can see the vast bay of Rio Tejo (Tagus River) - not to be confused with the ocean! It's so wide...
Otherwise, a port area and part of awe-inspiring Alfama can also be viewed from here...]
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Interior view... they were restoring here too... too bad
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Looking down from an internal terrace...
The feeling sort-of resembled my experience at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London
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Very simple, flat walls. Quite unusual for a Baroque cupola.
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Vasco da Gama - he discovered the sea route from Europe to India
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Pedro Álvares Cabral - navigator, nobleman who discovered Brazil
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Infante Dom Henrique (Henry the Navigator) - duke and son of King João I, he was the initiator of the Portuguese explorations, which eventually lead to Portugal becoming the World's first global power
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The roof terrace of the Santa Engrácia Church
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The Church of Santa Engrácia required 285 years to reach its current look