Church of N.Sra. da Oliveira

Towards the end of the 14th c. King João I ordered the church to be rebuilt in consequence of a vow he had made to the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the victory at Aljubarrota.

The architect was Mestre João Garcia of Toledo. On the ground floor of the tower; which was added in 1513, is the mortuary chapel of the parents of Prior D.Diogo Pinheiro, who was responsible for the reconstruction of the tower: The chancel was enlarged at the end oh the 17thc. under the aegis of King Pedro II, whose coat of arms can be seen on the vault. The altar-piece is from the second half of the 18th c. and the 16th c. stall has Neo-classical backrests. There are two panels above the stall which are attributed to the painter Pedro Alexandrino, and in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament there is a silver altar covered by a silver altar-doth, work of local silversmiths. In the sacristy there is a chapel whose walls are covered in patterned tiles.