Igreja de São Domingos
Igreja de São Domingos is the Baroque Catholic church whose story runs through some of Lisbon’s most consequential violence. Dedicated in 1241, it was once the largest church in the city and—before 1910—often hosted Portuguese royal weddings. Its Dominican foundation traces to the 13th century, and a major 1748 renovation by Frederico Ludovice leaves one area of the temple as the only surviving zone through the 1755 earthquake: the capela-mor. This is also a place of persecution. In 1506, the church and its square were the scenes of the Lisbon massacre, when thousands of New Christians—converted Jews—were killed by a Christian mob. Later, in 1761, Jesuit missionary Gabriel Malagrida was executed here after accusations of treason, during the period when the site was associated with the Inquisition. …
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