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Beautiful building... we didn’t venture inside but enjoyed the building, squished into the centre of the old town.
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There is no denying the beauty of the whitewashed houses of the stunning Old Town but it is lacking in truly beautiful landmarks but Misericordia Chapel is certainly one of the most beautiful, its certainly the oldest dating from 1499 when it was originally constructed as a…
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Misericordia Chapel is a superb ancient chapel that in a resort that really doesn't have that many ancient sites is a place well worth a visit. Built originally in 1499 as a Moorish Mosque,when they were vanquished it converted to a Christian chapel. It looks awesome with its…
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A truly beautiful historical place with such character. The atmosphere is serene. Definitely worth a visit
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This little chapel was the once the Moorish town's mosque. In 1499, not long after the expulsion of the Moors from the Algarve, work was begun to convert it into a Christian chapel giving its late Gothic style, it was in this period that the main doorway was built which can…
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