Church · 1475–1550s
Church of São Francisco and Chapel of Bones
Igreja de São Francisco / Capela dos Ossos
Inside the church, Franciscans line a chapel with about 5,000 skeletons; the door reads "We bones that are here await yours".
Stories
The father of Portuguese theatre 16th c.
Playwright Gil Vicente is buried by the entrance, on the left side.
"We bones that are here await yours" undated
Inside the church, Franciscans line a chapel with about 5,000 skeletons; the door reads "We bones that are here await yours".
A pelican and a sphere 1475-1550s
The Manueline portal carries João II's pelican and Manuel I's armillary sphere.
Church of São Francisco and Chapel of Bones on the map of Évora