Best places: Churches in Ovar, Portugal

Hilltop Romanesque cathedral, with a fortress-like interior, a rose window & Gothic cloisters.

👍👍 Start of construction: 1574 Inauguration: 1626 (first mass) Initially, House of the Order of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine. Current owner: Portuguese State (church, cloister and tomb); Private - Amorim Family (a Cerca) In the cloister space there are several panels of polychrome tiles with figu...

14th-century Franciscan church with remarkable interiors including baroque altarpieces & gilt wood.

👍👍 Uma igreja linda! Muito bem decorada com lindas imagens sagradas e sempre muito bem enfeitadas. As missas são sempre muito bem explicadas. As regras da pandemia tem sido sempre cumpridas com muito respeito.

👍 The church of S. José das Taipas is located within the framework of the Clérigos church, Portuguese Photography Center, former prison of the Porto Relation, Fonte do Olival, Jardim da Cordoaria and Almeida Garrett's house. The place called “Taipas” refers to the fences that were built here in the...

👍👍 Bom local para as crianças que saem da escola dos "contentores", irem brincar um pouco, com os avós. Pois é, os avós também precisam de brincar com os netos e eles adoram.

😠 Horrível. O ruído sonoro emanado pelo sino há anos que me tira descanso assim como a familiares e amigos. Vou apresentar reclamação à diocese do Porto o desrespeito pelo descanso e enfermidades que implicam a ausência de paz sonora. Ainda bem que outras religiões são silenciosas

👍👍 Church of S. Pedro de Abragão. It is a must-visit monument on the Route of the Romanesque. Its interior presents a very well preserved space with very rich historical and architectural value. I recommend your visit, as you won't waste your time.

👍👍 Local de caraoke a sexta a noite, com diárias, 5€ prato, sopa, pão, bebida, sobremesa e café... Comida saborosa e bem servida e bolos e pães... Com snooker e bom local bem posicionado, com esplanada coberta numa parte e outra parte descoberta...

👍👍 Historical church with several mass schedules

👍 Cost (April 2022): 3 euro Really beautiful church, well-worth visiting. A very small part of the museum is dedicated to archaeology (most signage is in Portuguese), with most of the museum covering religious art. There is also a tower with a great view of the surrounding neighborhood. We read mo...

👍👍 Museum of the Order of St. Francis here there is a grave silence, such respect for the dead, underground there are catacombs where centuries ago were buried the most prominent figures linked to the Catholic religion and not only is a place of worship that It makes us go back in time. The snag! The...

🫤 Served by the reception employee Fátima Coelho, unfriendly, bordering on arrogance. Appointment scheduled for 15.10m, we arrived at 15.05m and time passed in the waiting room. We verified that appointments (for the same doctor) of 15.40m had already been attended to (information given by patients)....