page_title: Albufeira
section_title: Religious
hierarchical_section_title: Albufeira / Architecture / Religious
caption_attribution_description: English: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança (Parish Church) is located on Praça da República, in the village of Paderne, Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal. This church was built in the second half of the 16 century but underwent major alterations in the 18 and 19 century's. The church is in the Renaissance style with a number of Manueline features. Inside the church there several alterpieces of note.
context_page_description: Albufeira is a city, seat and municipality in the district of Faro, in the southernmost Portuguese region of the Algarve. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,828, in an area of 140.66 square kilometres. The city proper had a population of 13,646 in 2001. It is 250 kilometres from Lisbon, and is within close proximity of Paderne Castle. Lagos is located 30 kilometres to the west, and Faro 45 kilometres to the south-east. A tourist destination, Albufeira expands to approximately 300,000 residents during the summer and during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, owing to the number of hotels and lodgings in the district, that includes marina facilities, golf courses, restaurants and bars for the annual flood of visitors.
context_section_description: Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Portuguese: Igreja Matriz de Albufeira/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), situated on Rua da Igreja Nova it dates from the 18th century (1782) and was consecrated on 15 July 1800 by the Bishop of the Algarve (then D. Francisco Gomes de Avelar), to replace the old parochial church destroyed in 1755. The destroyed church building was a converted former mosque. The Neoclassic church, consisting of single nave, four lateral chapels, baptismal chapel, choir, two pulpits and lateral halls, is dedicated to Bishop São Luís, Our Lady of Fátima and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Highlighting this temple is a painting by Albufeirense Samora Barros that emblazons the altar, and serves as the base for the image of Our Lady of the Conception, patron saint of Albufeira. Above the principal triumphal arch is the Cross of Aviz, from the religious-military order, that Albufeira was associated with at the foundation of Portugal.
  Church of Nossa Senhora da Guia (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial da Guia/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Visitação), commonly referred as the Church of Our Lady of the Guide or Our Lady of the Visitation, the parochial church of Guia is a 17th-century building, noted for an 18th-century image of Our Lady of the Visitation, Saint Anthony of Padua, and Crucified Christ, from the same period, in addition to images of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Our Lady of the Rosary) and Nossa Senhora das Dores (Our Lady of Sorrows), from the 18th century, in addition to azulejo tile that fills the footers of the body of the church.
  Church of Nossa Senhora da Visitação (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial da Guia/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Visitação)
  Church of Santa Ana (Portuguese: Igreja de Santa Ana)
  Church of São Sebastião (Portuguese: Igreja de São Sebastião)
  Church of São Sebastião da Guia (Portuguese: Igreja de São Sebastião)
  Church of Senhora da Esperança (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Paderne/Igreja da Senhora da Esperança)
  Hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Guia (Portuguese: Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Guia), dating from the 16th century, this structure was damaged by the earthquake of 1755, rebuilt in the first quarter of the 18th century, when the gilded retable was installed. An important work of the Baroque in the Algarve, it has a simple interior with polychromatic azulejo tile and image of the patron saint dating from the 17th century.
  Hermitage of Nossa Senhora do Pé da Cruz (Portuguese: Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Pé da Cruz)
  Hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Orada (Portuguese: Ermida Nossa Senhora da Orada)
  Hermitage of São Sebastião (Portuguese: Igreja de São Sebastião/Ermida de São Sebastião), built around the 16th century, or early 17th century, it was greatly damaged by the 1755 earthquake, yet was completely restored in three months time. Dedicated to Saint Sebastian (since he was the legendary saint responsible for the disappearance of the Black Plague), a 17th-century, wood image of the saint (which was initially housed in this hermitage) is located in the sacristy of the parochial church of Guia.
caption: The front facade of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Esperança
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