This wonderful building was started in the 12th century, during the reign of Portugal’s first king, Afonso Henriques.

Seen from the square in front there’s a 17th-century Baroque facade flanked by two towers; the south is medieval, while the north, like the facade, needed to be rebuilt in the 1600s after a storm.

That fusion of styles and periods is clear inside, where there’s a 14th-century statue of Mary up in a Baroque gilded wood altarpiece dating to the 18th century.

Above it the choir’s barrel vault is lined with gorgeous filigree painted tiles.