Title

Interior, Bom Jesus do Monte Church, Braga, Portugal. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

Interior, Bom Jesus do Monte Church, Braga, Portugal, 2009. Situated on a hilltop 400 metres above sea level near the northern Portuguese city of Braga, the sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is dedicated to the Good Jesus of the Mountain. Designed by Carlos Amarante, the church was built between 1784 and 1834 at the top of a 116 metre long zigzag Baroque stairway designed in 1722 by the Archbishop of Braga. It is an important pilgrimage site.

Date

1955

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D76_301

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,8Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings interior indoors religious architecture arts painting country Portugal religion art church color colour painted Christian Christianity Baroque location ceiling Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic inside cherub Portuguese sanctuary putto Architectural Feature 19th century Roman Catholicism 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century putti TGN photograph Braga Bom Jesus do Monte Sites & Photos Samuel Magal Carlos Luis Ferreira Amarante Amarante Carlos Luis Ferreira Carlos Amarante Baroque Era Magal Samuel Carlos Luis Ferreira Amarante photograph