{"id":16772,"date":"2026-10-10T21:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=16772"},"modified":"2026-10-10T21:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:50:26","slug":"chiesa-di-san-francesco-igreja-de-sao-francisco-porto-portogallo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/portugal\/porto\/church-of-sao-francisco-igreja-de-sao-francisco-porto-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiesa di S\u00e3o Francisco (Igreja de S\u00e3o Francisco), Porto, Portogallo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Church of S\u00e3o Francisco (Igreja de S\u00e3o Francisco) is one of the most surprising churches in Porto, in the north of Portugal. It stands near the Douro River, close to the Ribeira district. The church was built by Franciscan monks in the 14th and 15th centuries in the Gothic style, and from the outside it looks quite simple. But inside, almost every surface is covered with carved wood painted with gold. This rich decoration was added mainly in the 17th and 18th centuries, in the Baroque style. Today the church is no longer used for regular services and is open to visitors as a monument and museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cosa vedere<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

L'interno dorato \u00e8 il fiore all'occhiello. Pareti, colonne, altari e soffitti sono ricoperti di legno intagliato e dorato che raffigura angeli, fiori, foglie e figure. Una delle opere pi\u00f9 famose \u00e8 l'Albero di Jesse, una grande pala d'altare intagliata che raffigura l'albero genealogico di Ges\u00f9. Sotto la chiesa si trovano le catacombe, dove venivano sepolti i monaci e i membri delle famiglie benestanti. Qui \u00e8 possibile vedere antiche tombe e un ossario, una sala in cui sono conservate le ossa umane. Dall\u2019altra parte della strada, il centro visitatori ospita un piccolo museo con opere d\u2019arte sacra e arredi religiosi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come arrivare e informazioni pratiche<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The church is on Rua do Infante Dom Henrique, near the Ribeira waterfront and the Stock Exchange Palace (Pal\u00e1cio da Bolsa). It is easy to reach on foot from the centre of Porto. There is an entrance fee, which includes the church, the catacombs and the museum. Taking photos inside the church is usually not allowed. Allow about one hour for the visit. It is easy to combine with a walk along the Ribeira riverside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Una chiesa gotica a Porto, in Portogallo, il cui interno \u00e8 rivestito di legno intagliato e dorato.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1103,977,985,1025],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-porto","category-architecture","category-churches","category-portugal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16800,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16772\/revisions\/16800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}