Interior de São Franciso, Angra Museum , Acores by Hedepo

Photography • Architecture • posted on Nov 25, 2010

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Interior de São Franciso, Angra Museum , Acores Today, this museum is established in the former Convento de São Francisco. Included in the museum complex is the adjoining Igreja de São Franciso, also known as Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Guia. The present church, which was built in the Neoclassic style in the second half of the 18th century, has three naves and boasts some remarkable treasures in its interior, such as gilded cedar wood ceilings in the sacristy, beautiful gilded wood-carved retables as well as some fine glazed-tiles panels, paintings and statues. It also holds the tombs of Paulo da Gama, Vasca da Gama’s brother who, in 1499, had died from a sickness after the return from his first voyage to India, and João Vaz Corte-Real, a famous Portuguese north-Atlantic explorer of the 15th century. Angra do Heroísmo is the historical capital of the Azores; it is also the archipelago's oldest city, dating back to 1450, classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983. Some claim that Angra was founded by Álvaro Martins, who sailed with Didrik Pining on his expedition to the New World, and with Bartolomeu Dias on his voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. Others contend that Angra was founded in 1450 or 1451 by Jácome de Bruges, a Fleming in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator, who recruited farmers, fishermen, and merchants in the Low Countries to colonize the Azores.(from Wikipedia) Thanks for your time for viewing and your kind comments on my previous upload Henk