Lisbon Cathedral

Why go

The Sé de Lisboa is Lisbon's Catholic cathedral, administered by its chapter, the priests appointed by the Patriarch of Lisbon. The cathedral's history page says building is believed to have begun in 1147 under King Afonso Henriques, as a Romanesque church with three naves, and that it was altered many times: a Gothic cloister under King Denis, a Gothic ambulatory under Afonso IV, rebuilding after the 1755 earthquake, and early 20th-century restorations that gave it its present neo-Romanesque look; it has been a National Monument since 1910. Its ticket page says the tourist ticket covers the high choir, the balcony between the bell towers, the Treasury museum and the route through the naves and ambulatory. The same page says a space for prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is open without a ticket and that tourist visits are suspended during services. The site also says the Central Portuguese Way to Santiago de Compostela starts at the Sé.