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Church of São Roque

The church of São Roque dates from 1506, when King Manuel I obtained a relic of Saint Roch in Venice after the plague of 1505. In 1540 John III invited the Jesuits to Lisbon and they enlarged the church, which was rebuilt in 1565 as an auditorium church for preaching, a model for the so-called Jesuit style in Portugal. After the order was expelled in 1759, the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon took over the building in 1768 and today runs it together with the museum. Inside, the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist stands out, commissioned by John V in 1740 and built in Rome, where the pope celebrated mass in 1747 before it was dismantled and shipped to Lisbon. The ceiling preserves a trompe-l'oeil painting from 1584-1586, and there are azulejo tiles and gilded altarpieces. It is on Largo Trindade Coelho, in the Bairro Alto.

Things to do at Church of São Roque: 4 missions

• Admire the Chapel of Saint John the BaptistLook for the chapel commissioned by John V, with its mosaics and lapis lazuli, and remember that it was first assembled in Rome.
• Find the church's azulejo tilesWalk through the side chapels and find the azulejo tiles that line their walls.
• Look at the trompe-l'oeil ceiling of the naveLook up at the ceiling painted between 1584 and 1586 and notice the feigned perspective.
• Stand on Largo Trindade Coelho and look at the façadeStay in the square in front of the church and photograph the façade of the Jesuit church.

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Source: Web oficial - Museu de São Roque