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Next door stands a rare example of a 12th-century Meeting House (Domus Municipalis), the only surviving Romanesque civic building in Portugal.
Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, is said to have been born in the castle and baptized nearby, in the small Romanesque Igreja de São Miguel do Castelo.
The Romanesque façade makes a striking contrast with the eight Byzantine cupolas and two minaret-like towers around a central Gothic cone-shaped dome, reminiscent of Venice’s Basilica San Marco.
The town’s most venerable edifice is the 12th-century Romanesque basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
The nearby Sé (Cathedral), begun in 1186, betrays its crusading origins with its fortress-like Romanesque style.
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