Bravães - Igreja de São Salvador

A Benedictine convent existed here since ~ 1080. End of the 12th century the monastery got imncorporated into a commandry of the Knights Templar, whom the monks had to pay for protection. Later Augustin Canons lived here until the convent got dissolved and the church converted into a parish church in 1434.

The "Igreja de São Salvador", erected within the 12th century, is small, but has wonderful and very unique carvings.


The left side of the portal. To the right is the bovine head, that supports the lintel. To the left are the higly complex capitals - and just like on the right side (prev. upload) the archivolts with geometric patterns, followed by human male and female figures, the monkeys (Manuel L. Real claims "Barbary macaques") - and the birds.