| National Pantheon (Santa Engrácia Church) Established in a baroque architectural style, this Church is one of the most beautiful churches of Lisbon. It took such a long time, 284 years, to build the church. Panteon The National Pantheon, stands on the site of an earlier church that was torn down after being desecrated by a robbery in 1630. A Jew was blamed for this and executed, but was later exonerated. Legend has it that before dying he cursed the rebuilding of the church because of the conviction of an innocent man. The plan to reconstruct (by master stonemason Joao Antunes, bearing many similarities to Peruzzi’s plans for St. Peter’s in Rome) did take several centuries to be completed, only finished in 1966.
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It is a national monument of Portugal since 1910 and the National Pantheon since 1916.Today it contains the tombs of several Portuguese presidents, writer Almeida Garrett, and Amalia Rodrigues, the most famous Fado diva.
The building is on the plan of a Greek cross, and the interior is covered in beautiful, multicolored slabs of polished marble. It is crowned with a dome that provides a 360-degree view of the river and the city.
open hours:
no Monday, from 10h00 to 17h00
price:
up to 14: 0 €; from 15 up to 25: 1 €; from 26: 2 €
free enterance:
Sunday, from 10h00 to 14h00
address: Campo de Santa Clara
phone: +351 218 854 820
Tram: 12,28
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