Cathedral of Saint Mary Major

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Roman Catholic cathedral church building landmark tourist attraction

The Cathedral of Saint Mary Major is the historic Roman Catholic cathedral and oldest church in Lisbon, Portugal, serving as the city’s main religious landmark.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Santa Maria Maior (Our Lady the Great) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ
church building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation Patriarchate of Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lisbon Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sé Patriarcal de Lisboa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sé de Lisboa NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Gothic architecture ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
associatedWith legend of the arrival of Saint Vincent’s relics in Lisbon ⓘ
builtAfter Christian reconquest of Lisbon ⓘ
constructionBegan 1147 ⓘ
contains tomb of Beatrice of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
tomb of King Afonso IV of Portugal ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
damagedBy 1755 Lisbon earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Mary Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
floorPlanType Latin cross plan ⓘ
foundedIn 12th century ⓘ
founder Afonso I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
function seat of the Archbishop of Lisbon ⓘ
hasFeature Gothic cloister ⓘ
Romanesque west façade ⓘ
ambulatory with radiating chapels ⓘ
archaeological excavations in cloister ⓘ
rose window ⓘ
treasury museum ⓘ
twin bell towers ⓘ
hasRelicOf Saint Vincent of Saragossa NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Portugal ⓘ
isOldestChurchIn Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Alfama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lisbon ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
near Castelo de São Jorge NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfNaves 3 ⓘ
overlooks Tagus River NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse place of worship ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
secondaryUse tourist site ⓘ
status cathedral ⓘ
seat of the Patriarchate of Lisbon ⓘ
underwent 18th-century reconstruction ⓘ
20th-century restoration ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lisbon Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Cathedral of Saint Mary Major ⓘ
Santa Maria Maior parish → namedAfter → Cathedral of Saint Mary Major ⓘ
subject surface form: Santa Maria Maior (Lisbon)
this entity surface form: Santa Maria Maior (Our Lady the Great)