Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Nazaré - Nazaré, Portugal
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N 39° 36.329 W 009° 04.587
29S E 493436 N 4383974
The Church of Our Lady of Nazaré, was declared as a public interest building on September 12th, 1978.
Waymark Code: WMDP73
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Date Posted: 02/09/2012
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The Church of Our Lady of Nazaré or Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré, is located at the site of Nazaré, a neighborhood of the town of Nazaré.
This sanctuary venerates the sacred image of Our Lady of Nazaré.
The present building is the result of several phases of construction from the late sixteenth and late nineteenth century. The church has a single nave, and has Latin cross plan, with a prominent chancel and a stone cross covered by a dome. It has several annexes among which stands the sacristy behind the chancel.
At the site of the present Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré existed a building founded by D. Fernando at the end of the fourteenth century. It was quite ruined by the end of the sixteenth century, so it was decided the renewal, which began with the chancel.
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