Giões Church
Largo di Igreja, Giões, Alcoutim 8970 - Portugal
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Spread over a gentle hill, the architecture of Giões displays the influence of the nearby Centejo. Its 16th century church is composed of three naves and has a renaissance porch. The main chapel has a neo-classical carved retable and a ceiling decorated with18th century paintings. There are 16th century retables in the side chapels. Among the numerous fine pieces of statuary, those of Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of the Assumption and St Peter the Apostle are superb, as are those of St Dominic and Our Lady of the Relics, which came originally from former hermitages.
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