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Across the main square, the town hall, in spite of having been modernized, retains a pair of splendid 15th- to 16th-century Manueline windows.
Also worth visiting are the Igreja Matriz (São Clemente), a 13th-century Gothic church with 18th-century azulejo tiles; the Convento da Graça, with a terrific Manueline portal; and Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, a small church prized for its Baroque altar and ceramic tiles.
The architecture that eased Portugal from the Gothic into the Renaissance still bears his name: the Manueline style is whimsically flamboyant and decorative, and rife with references to the sea.
Monchique is a small market town, known for its handicrafts and the famous Manueline portico of its 16th-century Igreja Matriz.
By contrast the majestic Mosteiro dos Jerónimos is Lisbon’s largest religious monument and a truly formidable example of Manueline architecture.
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