41°31′20″N 8°23′16″W / 41.52211°N 8.3878°W
Falperra Church or the Church of Santa Maria Madalena (Portuguese: Igreja da Falperra, Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena) is a Baroque church located in the (serra da Falperra) Falperra mountains, outside of Braga, Portugal.
Description[edit]
The church was built in the early 18th century, by order of the Archbishop D. Rodrigo de Moura Teles. It was a project by the leading Portuguese sculptor and architect André Soares.[1]
The granite retable-like frontage is exuberantly decorated. Particularly striking is the throne with Saint Mary Magdalene, flanked by two small towers bearing the busts of Saint Martha and Saint Lazarus.
References[edit]
- ^ "Santuário da Falperra" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-03-10.
External links[edit]
Media related to Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena (Braga) at Wikimedia Commons
