Belmonte, Castelo Branco: MRA-PRT-Bel001
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-PRT-Bel001
Sample Material Type
- Mural painting
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 1.4
- Width
- 0.95
- Height
- 0.25
Weight
- weight value (g)
- 0.5
Geographic Location
- Country
- Portugal
- Place
- Belmonte, Castelo Branco
Site/monument
- Portugal (PRT)
Belmonte-Castelo Branco
Igreja de Santiago
Historical note about the site/monument
- The Church of Santiago (Igreja de Santiago) at Belmonte in Castelo Branco (north-east of Portugal) is a testimony of a religious architecture with stylistic features of Romanic, Gothic and Maneirism. The place is probably named after the church of Santiago de Compostela for the city was a resting place for the pilgrims heading to it. It is believed that the church was founded before the kingdom of Dom Dinis of Portugal (1279-1325) by D. Maria Gil Cabral who also built the Chapel of Our lady of Mercy. The church floor plan is longitudinal organized in a single nave and final presbytery structured into a single, round chapel. In 1433, the parents of Pedro Álvares Cabral funded the Chapel of the Cabrais (also known as Pantheon of the Cabrais) in the north side of the church. It is also in the fifteenth century that the chapel benefits from mural paintings. In the first half of the 17th century Francisco Cabral carried out some renovation in the façade, the high choir is built and the frescoes were repainted.
Chronological period (sample)
- 13th -17th century