Igreja de Santa Ana - Tavira, Portugal - Património Português (Portuguese Heritage) on Waymarking.com

The Chapel of Santa Ana or Church of Santa Ana, is located in the eastern part of the city of Tavira, in the Alto de Santana. The date of origin is not certain, but there are records of the year 1518, by the time of the visit of members of the Order of Santiago. In the eighteenth century, was the chapel of the Governor and Captain-General of the Algarve.

It is a single nave chapel, and inside, near the high altar there is an altar with five panels. In these, it can be seen at the center, the image of Our Lady of Mercy; the remaining paintings representing the Stations of the Cross of Christ.

Altogether, this temple has three altars, but only one has pictures. You can also observe a painting of the Immaculate Conception.

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Designação (Name): Igreja de Santa Ana, com todo o seu recheio Categoria de protecção (Classification): Classificado como IM - Interesse Municipal Categoria/Tipologia (Type of heritage): Arquitectura Religiosa / Igreja Concelho (City): Tavira Página do Património na base de dados da DGPC (Page of the Heritage at the DGPC database): [Web Link] Wikipedia: [Web Link]

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