Great days wandering the town and discovering fun and interesting places and things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_Jesus_of_Setúbal
One of the 7 most endangered monuments in Europe.
This was a seafaring country and ruled the world’s oceans for hundreds of years, thus the rope.
By initiative of Justa Rodrigues Pereira, wet nurse of King Manuel I, its construction began on 17 August 1490 and ended around 1500. A symbol of Manueline style, it is the first attempt at a ‘hall church’.
An outstanding element is the portal, in Arrábida limestone, and the Chancel. The former is covered with elements of strong liturgical significance and others representing attributes of franciscanism.
The chapel is covered in frame tile, and, in 1520/30, it received a painted altarpiece, consisting of fourteen panels, known as ‘Primitive of Setúbal’, one of the most remarkable sets of Renaissance Art in Portugal.
It is credited to Master Boitaca – also the architect of the Santa Maria de Belém Monastery (Jerónimos, Lisbon).
The Stone Cross, raised on the front side of the Church of Jesus, was built by order of Jorge de Lencastre, Duque of Aveiro and Coimbra and Master of the Order of Santiago.
