IGREJA CONVENTUAL DE S. SALVADOR

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This primitive monastery was initially designed to pay tribute to Saint George.It was founded in 1996.    

S. Salvador de Moreira had an important influence when it came to the spiritual and material aspects of the city of Maia.  In 1558 the reconstruction  of the monastic complex was begun with an architectural project with a mannerist design. In 1591, Phillip the || sponsored the work, and dedicated it to S. Salvador. This work was extended until 1622, when the temple was inaugurated with a ceremony.       It has a rectangular altarpiece in the chancel, made by master Jerónimo da Costa, and one of the highlights is a tube organ built in Hamburg,Germany, in the workshop of Arp Schnitger (1701).

It is classified as a Monument of Public Interest.