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The Church of Nossa Senhora da Luz ((ポルトガル語:Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz)) is a church situated in civil parish of Lagoa e Carvoeiro, in the municipality of Lagoa, the Algarve, situated in the urban centre. ==History== As happened elsewhere in the Algarve, it is highly probable that Lagoa was raised to the status of a parish in the diocese of Silves at the beginning of the 16th century (while Lagoa itself was still part of the municipality/concelho of Silves. This change in status led to the construction of a new building in the prevailing Manueline style. The usual design of the time for principal churches involved a tripartite nave, five bays, no transept, and three altars at the front.〔Francisco I.C. Lameiro (n.d.), p.6〕 This earlier church was badly damaged in the 1755 earthquake.〔 All that has survived is a Manueline doorway integrated into the bell tower, and certain architectural elements visible in the sacristy which were incorporated as fill material in the 18th-century reconstruction and which are occasionally rediscovered during renovations.〔〔 As for the reconstruction itself, there survives a contract from 1764 between Luís Coelho da Silva of Monchique and the head of the elected Building Commission (Comissão Fabriqueira), Diogo Tavares, for furnishing wood for the church. (Tavares was a professional builder and the most prestigious stonemason and contractor in the Algarve. At the time he was living in Lagoa). The main door and the three windows of the principle facade were only rebuilt in 1809 by the Faro stonemason, António Xavier de Mendonça using stone cut in the quarry of S. Lourenço. The building was finally consecrated on 4 September 1814 by Bishop D. Francisco Gomes de Avelar.〔Francisco I.C. Lameiro (n.d.), p.3〕 The columns and arches in the nave date from the third quarter of the 18th century, erected under the supervision of Diogo Tavares. They are similar to what can be seen in the principal churches of Estombar, Portimão, and in St. Peter (São Pedro) of Faro and represent a style that at the time seems to have been limited to the Algarve.〔Francisco I.C. Lameiro (n.d.), p.4〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Church of Nossa Senhora da Luz (Lagoa)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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