Miranda do Douro - Cathedral

(Local Name: Sé) On a projecting spur of rock above the Douro stands the Cathedral, a 16th C. building with a wide west front flanked by towers. The spacious interior gets its effect from the massive piers. The high altar depicts scenes from the life of the Virgin and the Crucifixion. A quaint feature is the "Infant Jesus in a Tophat", a naïve ex voto of the mid 19th C. From the terrace in front of the Cathedral there is an impressive view of the gray rocky valley of the Douro.