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Church of Santa Maria Madalena

The Church of Santa Maria Madalena, also known as Falperra Church, ( or ) is a Baroque church located in the Falperra Mountains (Serra da Falperra), right in the border between the parishes of Longos (Guimarães) and Nogueira, Fraião e Lamaçães (Braga).

Description

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.

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.

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