Igreja de São Francisco

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Lonely Planet review

Sitting on the Praça Infante Dom Henrique, Igreja de São Francisco looks from the outside to be an austerely Gothic church, but inside hides one of Portugal's most dazzling displays of baroque finery. Hardly an inch escapes unsmothered, as unworldly cherubs and sober monks alike are drowned by nearly 100kg of gold leaf. The church has been deconsecrated, ministering only to tourists greedy to see all that gold.