Igreja Matriz de Arcos de Valdevez
This church has a plan in Latin cross and one only nave. The carving on the main altarpieces is inserted on the National style. The chapels’ covers with coffers in painted carving were reproduced in the nave tunnel vault. It is worthy to mention the candleholders angels, in D. João V style, the polychrome wooden frontal representing “The Last Supper” and the panel, also polychrome, representing the hell on the Gospel collateral altarpiece.
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- friday: 19:00-20:00
- sunday: 11:00-12:00
- friday: 18:00-19:00
- sunday: 11:00-12:00
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