Mary Lady of Grace - Sagres Portugal

by Nieves Nitta

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Mary Lady of Grace - Sagres Portugal

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Nieves Nitta

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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A Renaissance church on the Top of the World´s Discovery Cape. When you enter the Sagres Fortress complex, strategically located on a promontory from where you can gaze over Atlantic-Mediterranean maritime navigation, you first enter a vaulted corridor that gives access to the Armas Plaza. To the back of the Plaza, on the right, is a temple dedicated to Our Lady of Grace. (Excerpt, Visit Portugal.com). The small, whitewashed Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Graça (church of Our Lady of Grace), in the precinct of Sagres fortress, was built in the 1570s on the site of a chapel first erected by order of Infante D. Henrique (Henry the Navigator). The church interior is pleasingly simple, with a single aisle and a gold-painted wooden altar believed to date from the 17th century which has an image of Our Lady with the Christ Child in the centre. (Excerpt, Travel in Portugal). Image protected by US and international copyright laws, not to be copied, manipulated, or used in any way without prior written permission from the artist, Nieves Nitta. Thanks for visiting!

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