Church · Óbidos, Óbidos, Centre of Portugal
Church of Santa Maria (Óbidos)
Igreja (Matriz) de Santa Maria
The Church of Santa Maria is the main church of Óbidos, on the town's Santa Maria square, known for the tiles lining its naves.
Why go
The Church of Santa Maria (Igreja Matriz de Santa Maria) is the main church of Óbidos, on the town's Santa Maria square. The Centre of Portugal tourism board's page says the site was a mosque in the Muslim period and was consecrated by King Afonso Henriques after the town's conquest in 1148, and it highlights the tiles lining the naves, the Renaissance tomb of D. João de Noronha and his wife Isabel de Sousa, and an altarpiece of Saint Catherine of Alexandria painted by Josefa d'Óbidos. Wikidata holds the tomb as a separate item; this record is the church building. No parish or diocese page for the church was read, so visiting arrangements are not stated.
Near Church of Santa Maria (Óbidos)
Fortress
Óbidos Castle
Óbidos Castle is the medieval castle and ring of walls of the town of Óbidos; Óbidos Municipality lists the castle and its Paço dos Alcaides as a National Monument since 1910.
0 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Monastery
Alcobaça Monastery
Alcobaça Monastery is the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria de Alcobaça in the town of Alcobaça, founded in 1153 and on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1989.
26 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Monastery
Batalha Monastery
Batalha Monastery is the Dominican Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória in the centre of the town of Batalha, begun at the end of the 14th century by King João I after the victory at Aljubarrota.
44 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
Palace of Mafra
The National Palace of Mafra is the building King João V had built at Mafra, a separate municipality from Lisbon, that joins a royal palace, a basilica and a former Franciscan convent under one roof.
49 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ