Igreja Matriz de Porto Santo / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
A Mannerist and Rococo church, built in the 16th century, consisting of a single nave and a lower, narrower chancel. A bell tower and a sacristy are also attached to the facade. Having been burned down several times by pirates and corsairs who landed on the island, it now preserves beautiful altarpieces and paintings inside, by Martim Conrado and Max Romer.
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Monuments near Igreja Matriz de Porto Santo / Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
Forte de São José
A fortress equipped with a line of eight small iron canons that once were used to defend the island.
Capela da Misericórdia do Porto Santo
A small mannerist chapel composed of a nave and of a narrower and lower high altar. On the outside, there is a small building with two floors where the Miseric…
Capela de São Pedro
A mannerist and baroque chapel built in the 17th century. Inside, a special note to the main retable of the late baroque in golden carvings and to the covering…
Capela do Espírito Santo
A mannerist chapel built in the 17th century and rather modified during the 19th century. It is composed of a sole nave and a high altar, lower and narrower.
Câmara Municipal de Porto Santo
A building initially constructed in the 16th century. It has gone through several work of recovery and enlargement.
Estátua de Cristóvão Colombo
A statue of Christopher Columbus, placed on a pedestal, a tribute to this navigator who is believed to have lived in this place.
