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Roman Archaeological Site, Praia da Luz, in Lagos

tourist — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 23:04:52 +0000

The Roman archaeological site of Praia da Luz is an archaeological site located in the Parish of Luz, in the municipality of Lagos, in Portugal.
The archaeological site consists of two buildings, one dressing room and the other a salting, both of Roman origin.

The resort, oriented towards Northwest / Southeast, includes several divisions, such as a locker room, several baths and a pool. The cured meats, east of the resort, are composed of several cetárias or salting tanks. A street divided the two complexes.

Probably built in the centuries II or III after the birth of Christ, the resort initially simple, it was being expanded with new divisions, reaching its peak in the fourth century. The cured meats, date unknown construction, labored up the centuries IV or V.

São Sebastião Church and Chapel of Bones in Lagos

tourist — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:00:32 +0000

The building features an altar with gold leaf, a body of three naves separated by arches with Doric columns, and side and side chapels, also decorated with gilt. Attached to the church is the Chapel of Bones, small size, the style joanino.

The main entrances is a late Gothic portal and a lateral portal Renaissance style, it was once the main door of the old Chapel of Our Lady.

The first religious building on this site was the Hermitage of Our Lady of Conception, built in 1325, one still in the fourteenth century, became the seat of freguesia. In 1463, Bishop John de Mello sponsored the construction of a chapel- mor, making the chapel a church, still in the fourteenth century, became the seat of freguesia; the temple continues, however, to be dedicated to N. Sra. da Conceição.