Invoked by the settlers as a protector of fishermen, Nossa Senhora da Conceição came to replace, in the first quarter of the 17th century, the parish's original dedication to Santa Maria de Varzim.
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Póvoa de Varzim
In turn, this was already autonomous from the parish of Argivai since at least the first half of the 16th century, and its primitive, Romanesque-Gothic chapel, dedicated to the Apostle São Tiago, had been the subject of a campaign of works 16th century. Source: http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/