The church Francis in Porto (Igreja de São Francisco) is a historic temple inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. From 1910, the building is also classified as Portugal's Public Good. Although the exterior of the church is typically Gothic, there are many Baroque and Rococo elements inside. Decorations are covered with a huge amount of gold (it was used over 200 kg).
The most wonderful element of the interior is a wooden, polychrome and gilded altar setting, located in the left nave. In the basement and catacombs of the temple, on the other hand, there is a museum with surviving objects from a former monastery, as well as an osuarium with hundreds of human bones.
The construction of the church began in 1383 and was completed in 1425. It was built for the local Franciscan monastery, which, however, was destroyed in 1833. Palácio da Bolsa was built on the ruins of the monastery. The church Francis, however, is open to visitors and used for cultural purposes, but not for religious purposes.
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