Our Lady of Martyrs Catholic Church — Attraction in Constância

Church built in 1636 on the site of the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, it was completely rebuilt. It presents characteristics of Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical architecture. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was completely rebuilt. Located at the top of the village of Constância, I found the Church of Nossa Senhora dos Mártires a little simple on the outside, despite the large façade, but with the greatest beauty to be noticed inside, very well decorated, especially on the side walls, with several images . It has a high choir and it seems to me that it has an organ kept inside a large "closet". It has been classified as a "Property of Public Interest" since 1954. Inside it is the famous image...

Um igreja muito bem conservada. A fachada é marcada por três registos distintos de três panos, que dão a ilusão de espaço interior tripartido.

O interior, de nave única, apresenta um opulento programa decorativo rococó, repleto de estuques policromados e estátuas de mármore representando doutores da igreja, dispostas sobre os pilares que ladeiam as oito capelas laterais, abertas no registo inferior.

O tecto que cobre a nave foi pintado por José Malhoa entre 1897 e 1899, representando a Assunção de Nossa Senhora junto aos rios de Constância. A capela-mor, coberta com abóbada de aresta, possui retábulo de mármore policromo, e no programa pictórico destaca-se a tela de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, atribuída a Domingos Sequeira. Tem bons acessos e o cemitério fica...

A chapel on the hilltop of a small beautiful village of Constancia in Portugal. The interior is beautiful but construction is going on. The place is quiet with good view of the village and...