Holy Sites in Portugal

Where three shepherd children witnessed apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1917.

A monumental Baroque stairway in Braga symbolizing the ascent to heaven.

A masterpiece of Manueline architecture in Lisbon, built with wealth from the Age of Discovery.

A Gothic masterpiece built to fulfill a vow after Portugal's decisive victory at Aljubarrota.

The first Gothic building in Portugal and a Cistercian monastery of austere beauty.

Lisbon's oldest church, built on the site of a mosque after the reconquest, housing the relics of St. Vincent.

The headquarters of the Knights Templar and later the Order of Christ in Portugal.

Portugal's second-largest Marian sanctuary, atop a hill overlooking Braga.

A seaside church in Matosinhos housing a legendary crucifix said to have been carved by Nicodemus.

A fortress-like Romanesque cathedral overlooking Porto, witness to Portugal's birth as a nation.