Igreja do Loreto
The Igreja do Loreto—also known locally as the Igreja dos Italianos—was raised in 1518 by D. João V to house Lisbon’s Italian merchants, especially Venetians and Genoese. In planning the building, José da Costa e Silva was responsible for the project, and the church falls directly under the authority of the Santa Sé. After the Terramoto of 1755 left it badly damaged, it was reconstructed in 1785, preserving its role as a junction between local devotion and foreign influence. Its decoration carries an explicitly Italian programme: paintings and sculpture were imported from Genoa, marking the “italianization” of the reign. The best-known feature is the set of Solomon columns in green stone—installed in 1671—made to break the static spatial patterns typical of the period. …
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