Museu De Arte Sacra De Campo Maior

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The Campo Maior Museum of Sacred Art, owned by the Church Factory of the Parish of São João Baptista, offers visitors a journey through the history of salvation, based on a vast collection of paintings, images, pieces of furniture and jewellery, collected from various churches in the municipality of Campo Maior, which constitute a unique document and an illustration of the religiosity of the people of Campo Maior between the 16th and 20th centuries. It is housed in the Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, in the historic centre of Campo Maior, in Rua de São João Baptista. This chapel is a true jewel in the crown of Baroque popular architecture and was commissioned by Father José Coelho Pereira in 1801 with alms from the people.