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Iglesia de San Julián, Setúbal, Portugal, 2021-09-08, DD 07-09 HDR
2021-09-08
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
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- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Main altar of St.Julian's Church, in Portuguese "Igreja de São Julião", located on the centric Praça de Bocage (town hall quare), Setúbal, Portugal. The church was originally built in the second half of the 13th century in medieval style and was rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century by order of King Manuel I in Manueline style. In 1531 a strong earthquake struck Setúbal and the church was damaged; the building was considerably modified in Mannerist style and reinaugurated in 1570. The original church was almost completely destroyed by the Great Earthquake of 1755 and was greatly rebuilt and redecorated in the last third of the 18th century following the late Baroque style. From this stage date the general appearance of the façade, the inner wooden roof, the painted tiles, the main and lateral altarpieces and the main chapel. The nave of the church is divided in three aisles by arches built during the Mannerist repair works following the 1531 earthquake. The columns are decorated in talha dourada (a typical Portuguese technique to decorate woodwork with gold leaves). Today it is the main church (matriz) of the city classified as National Monument in 1910.
