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GPS 38.69765186912762, -9.422228010164101

Former church of the Men of the Sea, it has its origins in a primitive hermitage existing on the site in the 16th century, dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Socorro.

In 1587, the Fishermen's Hospital was attached to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia, leaving seafarers only with their confraternity of Nossa Senhora do Socorro. In the middle of the 17th century, the Chapel became the seat of the parish due to a work campaign on the parish church of Assunção.

In 1720 (c.) the Irmandade dos Maritimos de Cascais ordered the building of the church, most likely on the site where the 16th-century hermitage already existed, under the invocation of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres and S. Pedro Gonçalves, with traces possibly by Fr João Tinoco .

Resistant to earthquakes, in 1873 the so-called “little church of maritime men” maintained the invocation of São Pedro Gonçalves.

On August 9, 1942, the church towers were finally inaugurated, funded by alms in money and materials, and the great procession resumed, a centuries-old tradition possibly interrupted in 1834.

The most original of all the churches in the village from an architectural point of view

It is one of the rare 18th-century Portuguese churches in which the nave takes on an octagonal shape that does not indicate the external volume.

On the outside, it is a sober Baroque building, with a pediment with a countercurved finish and small fins linking the main façade with the sides. The design of the towers is by the architect Tertuliano Marques.

Inside, the white and pink marble from S. Domingos de Rana stands out.

The octagonal nave has three side altars, two of them from the Carmelite convent: Nossa Senhora da Piedade on the left side; of Our Lady of Fátima and Saint Teresa of Ávila on the right side.

On the walls, two paintings on each side representing, on the right, the Adoration of the Magi and Saint Paul and Saint John the Evangelist; on the left Birth of Jesus and St. Peter and St. Andrew.

In the main chapel, the side walls have two tile panels from (c.) 1720, corresponding to Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres on the left side, and São Pedro Gonçalves on the right side, recalling the old invocations.

Versão portuguesa aqui.

GPS 38.69765186912762, -9.422228010164101

Former church of the Men of the Sea, it has its origins in a primitive hermitage existing on the site in the 16th century, dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Socorro.

In 1587, the Fishermen's Hospital was attached to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia, leaving seafarers only with their confraternity of Nossa Senhora do Socorro. In the middle of the 17th century, the Chapel became the seat of the parish due to a work campaign on the parish church of Assunção.

In 1720 (c.) the Irmandade dos Maritimos de Cascais ordered the building of the church, most likely on the site where the 16th-century hermitage already existed, under the invocation of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres and S. Pedro Gonçalves, with traces possibly by Fr João Tinoco .

Resistant to earthquakes, in 1873 the so-called “little church of maritime men” maintained the invocation of São Pedro Gonçalves.

On August 9, 1942, the church towers were finally inaugurated, funded by alms in money and materials, and the great procession resumed, a centuries-old tradition possibly interrupted in 1834.

The most original of all the churches in the village from an architectural point of view

It is one of the rare 18th-century Portuguese churches in which the nave takes on an octagonal shape that does not indicate the external volume.

On the outside, it is a sober Baroque building, with a pediment with a countercurved finish and small fins linking the main façade with the sides. The design of the towers is by the architect Tertuliano Marques.

Inside, the white and pink marble from S. Domingos de Rana stands out.

The octagonal nave has three side altars, two of them from the Carmelite convent: Nossa Senhora da Piedade on the left side; of Our Lady of Fátima and Saint Teresa of Ávila on the right side.

On the walls, two paintings on each side representing, on the right, the Adoration of the Magi and Saint Paul and Saint John the Evangelist; on the left Birth of Jesus and St. Peter and St. Andrew.

In the main chapel, the side walls have two tile panels from (c.) 1720, corresponding to Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres on the left side, and São Pedro Gonçalves on the right side, recalling the old invocations.