Category: Religious Architecture > Church
District: Guarda > Mêda > Moreira de Rei
, Relevant location during the times of Asturian-Leonese rule.
, Initially part of the Monastery of Guimarães in the 9th century.
, The current church, in late Romanesque style, was built when Portuguese authority was already established.
, Visited by Alexandre Herculano in 1853, it was found in ruins.
, Restored by the DGEMN in 1959.
, Temple of modest dimensions, common in the 12th and 13th centuries.
, Single nave with a rectangular chancel, lower and narrower than the nave.
, Gable roof covering.
, Main portal in a round arch with three archivolts and side columns.
, Side portals in a pointed arch with simple decoration.
, Main facade facing west with a prominent base.
, Capitals of the colonnettes decorated with stylized volutes.
, Triumphal arch with geometric and vegetal decoration.
, Standard measures of the cubit and palm engraved on the main portal.
, Interior with flagstone pavement and exposed roof.
, Medieval necropolis with about 40 graves dug into granite outcrops, many of children.
, Graves have a trapezoidal and anthropomorphic shape, indicating differences in orientation and dimension.
, Chancel illuminated by three slits.
, Corbels on the side elevations indicate the previous existence of porches.
, Presence of cornices decorated with geometric motifs.
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt
Coordinates DD: 40.82994053883989,-7.320008693938849
Coordinates DMS: 40°49'47.8"N 07°19'12.0"W
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