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blends a variety of
archi tectural styles.
The façade, with
twin castellated
bell towers and
a splendid rose
window, retains its
solid Romanesque
aspect. The gloomy
interior, for the most
part, is simple and
austere, and hardly
anything remains of
the embellishment Detail of the Baroque Nativity scene by
lavished upon it by Joaquim Machado de Castro
King João V in the
first half of the 18th chancel are the tombs of Afonso
century. Beyond the IV and his wife, Dona Beatriz.
Romanesque nave, The Gothic cloister,
the ambulatory has reached via the third chapel
nine Gothic chapels. in the ambulatory, has elegant
The façade of the Sé, the city’s cathedral The Capela de Santo double arches with some finely
Ildefonso contains carved capitals. One of the
8 Sé the 14th-century sarcophagi chapels is still fitted with its
of Lopo Fernandes Pacheco, 13th-century wrought-iron
Largo da Sé. Map 8 D4.
Tel 218 866 752. @ 737. v 12, 28. companion in arms to King gate. Ongoing archaeological
Open 9am–7pm daily; cloister and Afonso IV, and his wife, Maria excavations in the cloister
treasury: 10am–6:30pm Mon–Sat. 5 Vilalobos. The bearded figure of have unearthed various
& to Gothic cloister & treasury. the nobleman, who is holding Roman, Moorish, Phoenician
a sword in his hand, and his and other remains.
In 1150, three years after Afonso wife, clutching a prayer book, To the left of the cathedral
Henriques recaptured Lisbon are carved onto the tombs with entrance the Franciscan chapel
from the Moors, he built a their dogs sitting faithfully at contains the font where
cathedral for the first bishop their feet. In the adjacent St Anthony was baptized in
of Lisbon, the English crusader 1195 and is decorated
Gilbert of Hastings, on the site with a charming
of the old mosque. Sé is short tiled scene of him
for Sedes Episcopalis, the seat preaching to the
(or see) of a bishop. Devasted fishes. The adjacent
by three earth tremors in chapel contains
the 14th century, as well as a Baroque Nativity
the earthquake of 1755, and scene made of cork,
renovated over the centuries, Tomb of the 14th-century nobleman Lopo Fernandes wood and terracotta
the cathedral you see today Pacheco in the ambulatory by Machado de
Castro (1766).
The treasury is at the top
Santo Antonio (c.1195–1231) of the staircase on the right.
To the chagrin of the Lisboetas, their best-loved saint is known It houses silver, ecclesiastical
as St Anthony of Padua. Although born and brought up in Lisbon, robes, statuary, illustrated
he spent the last months of his life in Padua, Italy. manuscripts and a few relics
St Anthony joined the Franciscan Order in 1220, associated with St Vincent
impressed by some crusading friars he had met at which were transferred to
Coimbra where he was studying. The Franciscan friar Lisbon from Cape St Vincent
was a learned and passionate preacher, renowned in southern Portugal in 1173.
for his devotion to the poor and his ability to Legend has it that two sacred
convert heretics. Many statues and paintings of ravens kept a vigil over the
St Anthony depict him carrying the infant Jesus boat that transported the
on a book, while others show him preaching
to the fishes, as St Francis preached to the birds. relics. The ravens and the boat
In 1934 Pope Pius XI declared St Anthony a patron became a symbol of the city
saint of Portugal. On 13 June, the anniversary of Lisbon, still very much in
of his death, there are celebrations in the Alfama use today. It is also said that
district and a costumed procession along Avenida the ravens’ descendants
da Liberdade. used to dwell in the cloisters
of the cathedral.

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