Main Church of Penalva de Alva or Church of Saint Thomas

Category: Religious Architecture > Church

District: Coimbra > Oliveira do Hospital > Penalva de Alva > Penalva de Alva e São Sebastião da Feira

Location

- Penalva de Alva, municipality of Oliveira do Hospital, next to the river.

- Replaces an old 16th-century church.

Architecture

- Neo-Baroque style with 18th-century inspiration.

- Facade with pilasters, portal with a counter-curved pediment, and statues flanking the cross.

- Tower with a bell dated 1785, dedicated to Saint Thomas.

Interior

- Single nave with two chapels and two side altars in gilded and white carved wood.

- Main chapel with a Neoclassical altarpiece from the 19th century.

- Triumphal arch in stonework and pulpit in the nave.

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt