Seu de Porto

A Seu de Porto (en portugués Sé do Porto) ye a seu episcopal d'a diocesi de Porto y ye situata en o corazón d'o centro historico d'a ciudat de Porto, estando un dos suyos prencipals y mas antigos molimentos.

O inicio d'a suya construcción data d'a primera metat d'o sieglo XII, y se prolongó dica primerías d'o sieglo XIII. Ixe primer edificio, en estilo romanico, sufre muitas alteracions a o largo d'os sieglos. D'a epoca romanica datan o caracter cheneral d'a frontera con as torres y o polito rosetón, amás d'o cuerpo d'a ilesia de tres naus cubierto por vuelta de canyón. A vuelta d'a nau central se refirma arbotants, estando a Seu de Porto un d'os primers edificios portugueses en os que s'emplegó dito elemento arquitectonico.

En a epoca gotica, arredol de l'anyo 1333, se construyó a capiella funeraria de João Gordo, caballero d'a Orden d'os Hespitalers y colaborador de Dionís de Portugal, apedecato en una sepolturá amanata. Tamién d'a epoca gotica data o claustro (sieglos XIV-XV), construyito en o reinato de Chuan I. Iste rei se casó con Felipa de Lancaster en a Seu de Porto en 1387.

O exterior d'a Seu fue muit modificato en a epoca barroca. Arredol de 1736, l'arquitecto italián Nicolau Nasoni adhibió un polito nártex barroco en a frontera lateral d'a Seu. Sobre l'anyo 1772 se construyó una nueva portalada en sustitución d'a romanica orichinal. As balaustratas y cupulas d'as torres tamién son barrocas.

A la cucha de l'abside, se troba um magnifico altar d'archent, construyito en a segunda metat d'o sieglo XVII por quantos artistas portugueses. Iste fue salvato d'as tropas francesas en 1809 construyindo-ie ascape una paret de cheso.

D'atra man, en ista aria cucha ye especialment notable a imachen medieval de Nuestra Sinyora de Vandoma, patrona d'a ciudat.

En o sieglo XVII l'abside orichinal romanico (que teneba un deambulatorio) fue sustituyito por un atro mayor d'estilo barroco. L'altar prencipal, construyito entre 1727-1729, ye una important obra d'o barroco joanino, prochectato por Santos Pacheco y esculpito por Miguel Francisco da Silva. As pinturas murals de l'abside son de Nasoni.

O transepto sud da acesso a os claustros d'o sieglo XIV y a la Capiella de Sant Vicent. Una polita escalera d'o sieglo XVIII de Nasoni conduce a os pisos superiors, a on os panels de recholas amostran a vida d'a Virchen y as Metamorfosis d'Ovidio.

A seu tien tres organos. Un d'ells, en o coro alto, marca en Portugal un periodo que da inicio a o desembolique organistico. Se tracta d'un organo d'o construtor Jann, o mesmo construtor de l'organo d'a ilesia d'a Lapa, os dos promovitos por iniciativa d'o calonche Ferreira dos Santos.

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Pau
7 December 2017
Nice visit, there are many sculptures. It is Near the river thus you will be able to have an awesome view from the other side of the river.
Holly Hager
1 August 2013
Definitely pay the extra €3 at Porto Cathedral to go into the Cloisters. The chapel, the sacristy & the treasury are stunning, chronicling its life from the 12th c thru the present perfectly.
Michael ????????
7 October 2016
buy the "double"-ticket for cathedral (monestario museum) plus the tower. definetely worth the 5 euro! both a "must-see" in Porto.
Kateřina Linhardtová
12 October 2018
Buy the 3 euro ticket, absolutely worth it! Inside you will find beautiful exhibition and you will also get into the heart of the cathedral. So very beautiful, recommend!
Pedro Coelho
15 August 2012
uma das melhores vistas da cidade do porto, onde tb junta uma grande catedral como um grande símbolo da cidade do porto.
José Eduardo Teixeira
16 July 2019
Catedral lindíssima. Passeio imperdível. Vale a visita.
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