Church · 1518 hermitage; 2nd half 16th c.

Church of São Pedro

Igreja de São Pedro, matriz de São Pedro

Faro's fishermen fund a small hermitage, the seed of the parish church.

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Fishermen pay for a chapel 1518

Faro's fishermen fund a small hermitage, the seed of the parish church.

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A golden Last Supper 17th c.

The Holy Sacrament chapel gets gilded woodwork and a relief of the Last Supper.

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Spared by the quake, hit by a hurricane 1757

The church survives the 1755 earthquake, but a hurricane two years later destroys part of the bell tower.

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Church of São Pedro on the map of Faro