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| S� de Braga - Page 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Up - Interior of Braga Cathedral viewed torwards the main chapel. The church has three aisles, covered by a wooden roof, a transept and five Eastern chapels. The main chapel is Manueline, while the others are Baroque. The nave is essentially Romanesque thanks to a "purifying" reform in the 20th century that suppressed most later additions. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Up - View of the North side of Braga Cathedral. In the Middle Ages several chapels were added to the Cathedral complex, which is partially encircled by a wall. The image shows two of the chapels: left the Chapel of the Glory (Capela da Gloria) and, in the middle, the Chapel of Sao Geraldo. Both were built in the 14th century. The North side of the transept with a Baroque circular window can also be seen. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Up - The Gothic Chapel of the Glory was built between 1326 and 1348 to serve as resting place for Archbishop D. Gon�alo Pereira, who commissioned a magnificent tomb for himself to sculptors Master Pero, an Aragonese, and Telo Garcia, a Portuguese. The head of the archbishop rests over a pillow supported by angels, and the sides of the tomb have a series of apostles and clergymen. Six lions guard the tomb. In the early 16th century the chapel was painted with interesting geometrical motifs of Moorish influence, very similar to Sevillian tiles. Other interesting features of Braga Cathedral include the Manueline tomb of Archbishop Diogo de Sousa in the Chapel of Piety (Capela da Piedade) and the tombs of Count Henry, Countess Theresa (parents of Portugal's first king) and Archbishop Louren�o Coutinho in the 14th-century Royal Chapel (Capela dos Reis). D. Afonso, son of King John I, is buried in a 15th-century tomb made of bronze, which can be seen in the nave of the Cathedral. |
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