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A cathedral from the 1500s, who would imagine? Beautifully rendered with unusual side-stalls and every centimeter is hand painted or carved.
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Date of experience: August 2020
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Was there today. Can confirm it is open and is free. Inside lots of gold! Pop in. Pop out. Snap snap.
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Date of experience: June 2020
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If you're going to visit a church in Lisbon you should put this one on your list. Nice outside and beautiful inside. Gold, marble and paintings everywhere. Maybe over the top for some people but of it's type it's worth a visit
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Date of experience: February 2020
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InTheMomentManhattan wrote a review Mar. 2020
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Sao Roque is not to be missed for the over the top design and execution of the decoration of the church. Baroque to the max. Each chapel is spectacular. The most sumptuous is the Royal Chapel built in Rome and then moved to Lisbon. The Ecclesiastical Museum attached to the church is well worth a visit also. Again very over the top displays of Roman Catholic Religious art and artifacts. …
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Date of experience: February 2020
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Was not prepared the beauty that was inside this church. With a pretty basic outside the inside will blow you away. Some of the most detailed chapels I’ve ever seen through my travels in Europe. It was also a wonderful touch to have someone actually playing the organ. The only thing I would improve on is staff people more welcoming - they mostly just started that docents without the education portion. Highly recommend you check this out on your trip. The signs are in both English and Portuguese.…
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Date of experience: March 2020
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