See also: List of buildings in Guimarães.
Guimarães, the first capital city of Portugal, was one of the first reconquered regions of the Reconquista, allowing for a wider time period for religion to settle and root into the lives of those living in it.
This list comprises the religions buildings inside the Concelho of Guimarães, divided by the Freguesias they are located in and sorted by alphabetical order.
Name | Description | Image | Construction | Coordinates | |
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Albergaria of Saint Crispin | A albergaria is a type of shelter for the poor. The Albergaria of Saint Crispin was built in 1315 and reconstructed in the 1600s. | 1315[3] | |||
Chapel of Our Lady of Guidance | The Chapel of Our Lady of Guidance or Capela de Nossa Senhora da Guia, built after the previous one, located up the street in one of the medieval towers of the Walls of Guimarães, was demolished in the last quarter of the 18th century.[4] It follows the baroque style and it was inaugurated in August 1793. | 1793 | |||
Chapel of the Holy Cross | The Capela de Santa Cruz, built in 1639, is a small chapel located next to the Paço dos Duques with a stone calvary from 1640 in front.[5] | 1639 | |||
Chapel of the Venerable Third Order of St. Dominic | In Portuguese, the Capela da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Domingos is a chapel built between 1741 and 1800.[6] It follows the Rococo architecture. | 1741 | |||
Church of Our Lady of the Olive Tree (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira) | Founded as a double monastery in about 949 by Countess Mumadona Dias, it was later donated to the Catholic Church by King Ramiro II. Around 1139, the monastery was turned into a collegiate church, the . The collegiate church was shut down in 1911, but reopened in 1967. | 949[7] | |||
Recolhimento das Trinas | Convent and female hospice from the 17th century. | 1653[8] | |||
Saint Peter's Basilica | The St. Peter's Basilica is a Catholic church built following the neoclassical style. Located at the Toural, it receive the title of minor basilica by Pope Benedict XIV in 1751.[9] | 1785[10] | |||
Santos Passos Church | The Santos Passos Church is an 18th-century Portuguese baroque church located at the Campo da Feira. | 1785[11] |
Name | Description | Image | Construction | Coordinates | |
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Antiga Igreja de Santo Estêvão (Old Saint Stephen Church) | The Old Church of Urgezes, now replaced by its more modern counterpart in 1975, had its construction started on 21 June 1826 and was completed in 1842. | 1826[12] | |||
Nova Igreja de Santo Estêvão (New Saint Stephen Church) | The New Church of Urgezes was inaugurated on 9 March 1975 and it replaced its much smaller predecessor.[13] | 1975 | |||
Remédios Chapel (Capela dos Remédios) | Chapel made in honor of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios. It was built in 1554 and restored between 1868 and 1873. It was moved to its current location in 2009 due to urban arrangements. | 1554[14] |