Posted • @jonasanti The patronage of the church of Valega belonged until 1150 to private individuals. From that date until 1288 he belonged to the Monastery of São Pedro de Ferreira, after which, until 1583, he belonged to the bishop and chapter of the Oporto Cathedral. Later it was exclusive to the chapter that maintained until 1833. The temple was originally founded in the place of the White Pebble, where there are no traces, passing in a period not later than the fifteenth century to the place of the Spine, in the place now called Adro Velho. In the mid-eighteenth century its implementation came to be where it is today, the works began in 1746, and has consumed more than a century. In the twentieth century, between 1923 and 1958, conservation work was carried out on the initiative of J. O. Lopes and his wife, M. J. O. Lopes, in which the construction of the current ceiling of exotic wooden boxes stood out. From that period, in 1942, the placement of the tile panel showing Senhora do Amparo, on the outer top of the chancel, signed by Jorge Colaço's atelier and executed by Fábrica Lusitânia, in Lisbon. Between 1959 and 1960, the campaign sponsored by António Maria Augusto da Silva, Commander of the Order of Benemerence, took place. main façade on the interior walls of the nave and on the upper part of the triumphal arch, with figured polychrome tiles from Fábrica Aleluia, from Aveiro, and the stained glass windows signed by S. Cuadrado, from Madrid. Finally, in 1975 took place the covering of the lateral and posterior elevations with tiles of the Hallelujah Factory, designed by the architect Januário Godinho #ovar #valega #igrejadevalega #bestofportugal #omelhordeportugal #portugalcomefeitos #portugal_em_fotos #portugal_passion #portugalovers #portugal🇵🇹 #travelingportugal #igrejaportuguesa #patrimoniocultural #patrimonioportugues #historiadopovo #historiadeportugal #povoportugues https://www.instagram.com/p/B322Hfmphf-/?igshid=jduoeg8v104a
