Igreja de S. Francisco do Porto
Religious temples
The city’s most important Gothic temple, whose construction began in the fourteenth century.
It is one of the most important works of the Baroque, by its gilded interior from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was the exuberance of its gild carved wood work that led Count Raczinsky to describe it as the “Church of Gold”. And, overwhelmed, he adds: “The gild of this church is so beautiful and rich that goes far beyond everything I have seen in Portugal and in the whole world”. It is worth of notice the Tree of Jesse, as well as the catacombs.
It is a National Monument since 1910 and World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO since 1996.
January, February, November and December: 9am-6pm
March, April, May, June and October: 9am-8pm
July, August and September: 9am-8pm
It is one of the most important works of the Baroque, by its gilded interior from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was the exuberance of its gild carved wood work that led Count Raczinsky to describe it as the “Church of Gold”. And, overwhelmed, he adds: “The gild of this church is so beautiful and rich that goes far beyond everything I have seen in Portugal and in the whole world”. It is worth of notice the Tree of Jesse, as well as the catacombs.
It is a National Monument since 1910 and World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO since 1996.
January, February, November and December: 9am-6pm
March, April, May, June and October: 9am-8pm
July, August and September: 9am-8pm
