Misericórdia de Buarcos Church
Largo da Misericórdia, Buarcos, Figueira da Foz 3080
Phone: +351 233 422 610
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The Misericórdia de Buarcos Church was built in 1576 and, although undergoing restoration in the 18th century and alterations to the side chapel in the 19th century, the general structure of the original remains. The side door, pulpit, tiling, altars and vestry are all 16th century and the church was classified as a building of Public Interest in 1978. Items of interest include a sculpture , ‘Dethroning in the Tomb’, believed to be from the end of the 16th century and a stone altar the work of the Coimbra Renaissance sculptor João de Ruão, which came from the former Santa Cruz church.
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