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Tavira Sights

Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo

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  • Address
    • Old Town
  • Hours
    • 09:30-12:00 & 14:30-17:00

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Lonely Planet review for Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo

Beside the castle, the Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo, is a 13th-century Gothic Church, built on the site of a Moorish mosque but rebuilt by an Italian neoclassicist following earthquake damage 500 years later. However, the architect retained traces of the former church - namely the main doorway, two side chapels and Arabic-style windows in the clock tower. Inside is a plaque marking the tomb of Dom Paio Peres Correia, who won the town back from the Moors, as well as those of the seven Christian knights whose murder by the Moors precipitated the final attack on Tavira.

 

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