Oporto - Cathedral Sé

The twin towered Cathedral was originally a Romanesque church built in the 12th C. but later altered in Gothic style and almost completely rebuilt in the 17th and 18th C. while retaining much of its fortified character. The rosette over the portal on the west facade is still Romanesque, and the loggia on the north facade was by Nasoni in 1736. The interior is predominantly Romanesque and there are several richly decorated altars, including the carved and gilded wooden main altar below the choir from the early 18th C., and, even more magnificent, the silver Altar of the Sacrament to the left of the high altar, in the Capela mór, and the work of several Portuguese artists between 1632 and 1732. In the left hand aisle can be seen the statue of Nossa Senhora de Vendoma, patron saint of Oporto.