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The Church of São Sebastião da Pedreira is a Catholic temple located in Largo de São Sebastião da Pedreira, in the current parish of Avenidas Novas, in Lisbon.

Built in the 17th century, this church was inaugurated in 1652 and was founded during the time of King D. João IV, on the site of Pedreira, being one of the rare survivors of the 1755 earthquake. It was dedicated to the Christian martyr São Sebastião, whose life is portrayed in the ceiling and in the tile panels that line the walls.

This church was classified as IIP - Property of Public Interest by Decree no. 39 521, DG, I Series, no. 21, of 30-01-1954.

Description

It translates a severe "floor style" language, whose façade of two bell towers, defined by pilasters and stonework corners, is crowned by a double triangular pediment. It is served by a double staircase, on the side, to overcome the unevenness of the churchyard, and is opened by a portal framed in stonework, topped by a tympanum interrupted by a medallion in low relief with the emblem of the patron saint.

The interior, with a single nave, reveals a decoration and a precious filling of baroque art from the 17th and 18th centuries, somewhat unexpected given the dryness of the exterior, and which is part of the concept of 'total art', so specific to the programs Portuguese decorative elements from the Modern Age; Of particular note are: the white and gold carved works in the main chapel, in the National Style, due to the carver Manuel João da Fonseca (1685); the tile heritage, particularly that from the beginning of the 18th century, alluding to São Sebastião; the canvases of the sub-choir with the iconography of the aforementioned saint, painted in 1740 by Jerónimo da Silva, who here proves to be one of the most renowned figure painters active in Lisbon in the Johannine period; the stucco painting on the nave ceiling, dating from the end of the 19th century. XIX, alluding to the patron saint, by João Câncio de Sousa; and an altarpiece of the "Last Supper", in the chapel of the Sacramento, painted in 1814 by Cirilo Volkmar Machado (1748-1823), exposed in the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. The result is a mix of blue and white images and golden details that surprise you when you enter, as the exterior is simple and austere.

Interior of the Church The effects of the 1755 earthquake were harmful, with the coffered ceiling (1670) that covered the nave disappearing and imposing many restoration works on the temple, but there still remains, from the campaign prior to 1755, the work of the choir baroque, with columns of Berninesque elegance, in greyish stone, supporting a balustrade, which refers to the baroque campaign of the beginning of the 18th century.

In the main chapel, there is the tomb of D. João Bermudes, patriarch of Alexandria and Ethiopia, who died in 1570, which comes from the previous hermitage.

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