São Vicente Church

The construction of the São Vicente Church, or the Church of Mercy, dates back to the 13^th century. The Romanesque church has been expanded and restored over the centuries. Located in the second intramural centre, it has been a parish since the reign of King Dinis, a time that coincided with the construction of the second wall. Mannerist-influenced, it features a bell tower, depicted in drawings by Duarte de Armas from 1510. It has preserved its mullioned windows (window with a column dividing it into two parts). The portals correspond to a 17^th century remodelling, to which a side chapel also belongs, that of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (1684), built to serve as a tomb for Manuel Sarinho de Brito. Inside is a an alfarge ceiling of wood, with beams supported by ashlar corbels. Several ancient tombstones are located in the interior floor of this church and it also contains a baptismal font in the shape of a chalice with buds. The carved altarpieces were placed here between the end of the 17^th century and the first half of the 18^th century. In 1758, the parish constituted a deanery of the Convent of São Vicente de Fora of Lisbon, having been extinguished in 1834.