The Our Lady of Grace Cathedral () also called Setúbal Cathedral is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church that works as the Cathedral of
Setúbal
Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...
, a city in
Portugal
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.
It is located in the heart of the primitive medieval town of Setúbal, around which the most important medieval district of the city as well as the religious and administrative center developed.
Founded in the thirteenth century, the current building is a reconstruction of the High
Renaissance
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with a
Mannerist
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facade. Inside are frescoed columns and tiles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
On a side street is the
Gothic
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porch of an old house, the Hospital João Palmeiro.
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Portugal
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Our Lady of Grace Cathedral
References
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Setubal
Buildings and structures in Setúbal