Aveiro - Catedral de Sao Domingos

To the southeast of Igreja da Misericórdia is the Catedral de Sao Domingos, presented to the Dominicans by the Infante Dom Pedro and consecrated in 1464. It was much altered in the 18th century, and the Baroque porch on the granite facade dates from 1719. The Cathedral contains the tomb of Catarina de Atalíde (d. 1551), who was celebrated by Camoes in his sonnets under the name of Natércia. The verses were so passionate that in 1546 the poet was forced to flee from Lisbon. In front of the Cathedral is one of Portugal's finest calvaries, the Gothic Cruizeiro de Sao Domingos.