Church · 1186–1204; Gothic 1280-1340
Évora Cathedral
Sé de Évora
A common belief holds that the flags of Vasco da Gama's fleet were blessed in the cathedral.
Stories
A modest first cathedral 1186-1204
Twenty years after the reconquest, a first, modest cathedral is built.
Flags for India blessed here? 1497
A common belief holds that the flags of Vasco da Gama's fleet were blessed in the cathedral.
Portugal's oldest working organ c.1544
Heitor Lobo builds the organ, the oldest still playing in Portugal.
The architect of Mafra rebuilds the altar 1718-1746
João Frederico Ludovice rebuilds the main chapel in Roman Baroque for King João V.