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Silves, Portugal

Igreja da Misericórdia de Silves

Silves, Portugal

Igreja da Misericórdia de Silves
Photo: Matthias_Süßen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Igreja da Misericórdia de Silves is a church in Silves, Portugal, distinguished by its Manueline and Mannerist architectural styles. Designated as an Immovable Cultural Heritage of Public Interest, the building represents the ornate Portuguese design traditions of its era, combining the elaborate decorative vocabulary of late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth-century Manueline architecture with the geometric restraint emerging in Mannerism.

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Type
church building, cultural heritage
Heritage
Immovable Cultural Heritage of Public Interest
Place
Silves, Portugal

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