Igreja Matriz do Santíssimo Salvador
Largo Duque d’ Ávila e Bolama, Horta 9900-141 - Portugal
Phone: +351 292 292 425
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Forming part of the Jesuits’ College, the Igreja do Santíssimo Salvador is one of the largest churches in the Azores. Baroque in style, construction started in 1680. The most notable features of the highly sumptuous interior are the silver antependium, the carved and gilded woodwork, the altarpieces in the transept, the panels of religious scenes depicted in azulejos, a beautiful jacaranda lectern with ivory inlays, a large sacristy chest and an organ dating from the beginning of the 19th century. The church is a remarkable example of 18th-century Portuguese religious art.
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