Lapa Church
Lapa Church is a historic church with two imposing and intricate towers. Uniquely church is home to the heart of King Pedro IV, given to the City of Oporto by the king himself in order to thank all its citizens all the sacrifices and extreme courage they showed when they supported him during the civil war against his brother D. Miguel. The Graveyard of Our Lady of Lapa is the oldest romantic Portuguese graveyard in the country. Famous writers such as Arnaldo Gama, Camilo Castelo Branco, Soares de Passos; famous architects and artists such as Marques da Silva, Marques de Oliveira; D. Manuel de Santa Inês and the businessman José Ferreira Borges are buried there. (Porto, Portugal)
historicherochurcharchitecture
