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Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Peneda
The sanctuary was built between the end of the 18th century and the third quarter of the 19th century. The church was completed in 1875, although it is likely that the secular tradition of Nossa Senhora das Neves and the Benedictine dynamics established by the route of the monks from the Ermelo Arcuense Monastery to Fiães, in Melgaço, gave place to the establishment of a small cult space around the 13th century.
EN 202, Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Peneda
Arcos de Valdevez
Description
In front of the church is the staircase of virtues, with statues representing Faith, Hope, Charity and Glory, dated 1854, the work of master Francisco Luís Barreiros. After a triangular square where the old dormitories for pilgrims are located (today transformed into a hotel), the sanctuary develops in a tree-lined staircase, with about 300 meters and 20 chapels, with scenes from the life of Christ.
One of the chapels bears an inscription that attests that it was offered by the Ethiopian negus. At the bottom of the mall, in a circular square, is a pillar offered by Queen Maria I of Portugal. In the first week of September, a large popular festival and a huge festivity are held in the sanctuary, with a day even dedicated to Galician pilgrims, in a unique combination of tradition, religiosity and popular celebration.
The Temple fits harmoniously into a majestic stretch of mountain range, with twenty chapels throughout the pictorial valley where the biblical scenes of greater intensity are evoked, preceded by an atrium with the images of the four evangelists.
It culminates, this unusual sanctuary, by a dignified portico and staircase with a landing where an imposing column topped by the image of Saint Michael the Archangel rises.
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