Igreja Sao Domingos (Sao Domingos Church)

church, historical, Lisbon, Portugal, free, photoop

Sao Domingos Church lies just to the east of Rossio Square, Lisbon’s main downtown square. There are plenty of churches to see in Lisbon and compared architecturally with many others Sao Domingos isn’t anything special. What makes the church unique is its link to probably the most sordid period in Portugal’s history, the Inquisition. The Inquisition in Portugal lasted for about 300 years and during that period it is estimated that more than 40,0000 Conversos were put to death. ( Conversos were those who had theoretically converted from Judaism to Catholicism. The Inquisition targeted Conversos that were suspected of actually retaining their old religious practices). It is on the steps of the church of Sao Domingos that the sentences for those to be executed were handed down.

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Located in sao domingos church lisbon

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