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Ponta do Sol, Portugal

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz

Ponta do Sol, Portugal

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz is a parish church in Ponta do Sol, Madeira, built around 1500 and recognized as an Immovable Cultural Heritage of Public Interest. The structure exemplifies the Manueline and Mannerist architectural styles characteristic of early Portuguese Renaissance design, reflecting the period's distinctive ornamentation and formal vocabulary that emerged during Portugal's age of maritime expansion.

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Built
Type
church building, cultural heritage, parish church
Heritage
Immovable Cultural Heritage of Public Interest
Place
Ponta do Sol, Portugal

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Location

32.68000, -17.10444