Igreja de Sao Francisco
About Igreja de Sao Francisco
Built in the 15-16th century, this church in Manuelineand Gothic style is most famous for its Capela dos Ossos. This chapel is decorated with the bones of some 5.000 people. These bones were taken from overpopulated graveyards in the neighbourhood.
The church is free but you pay 1 euro for the chapel
The church is free but you pay 1 euro for the chapel
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Aug 15, 2009
Quaint place, the church is rather nice. The chapel is just very weird, they actually used the bones to decorate the place. The inscription over the entrance says "we bones await you". Very strange feeling looking at these bones as a touristattraction.
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