Example sentences for: senhora

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  • Founded by King Dom Pedro II in 1698, the church has an impressive, scroll-decorated Baroque façade, brilliant white dome, stone belltower, and a chapel at the rear, Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos (Our Lady of the Afflicted), where women often pray when their fishermen husbands are away at sea.

  • You can judge for yourself by ascending the bell tower of the parish church (which also goes by the name of Nossa Senhora do Rosário), which you will find by winding your way through the narrow streets back to the Praça da Restauração (you may have to ask for access to the tower in the sacristy).

  • Just behind the statue of Henry, on the corner of Rua da Senhora da Graça, you can still see the small arcade where Portugal’s first slave auctions took place.

  • Nazaré: Our Lady of Nazaré (Nossa Senhora da Nazaré): fishermen carry an image of the town’s patron saint on their shoulders in festive processions; also bullfights, fairs, concerts, folk dancing, and singing.

  • The Convento de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Convent of Our Lady of the Assumption), the first Renaissance building in the Algarve, contains what is arguably the most beautiful cloister in southern Portugal.


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