In 1377, King Ferdinand ordered the construction of the primitive Church to house the sacred image and give shelter to the large number of pilgrims visiting the Senhora da Nazaré, becoming the oldest and most important Marian Sanctuary Portuguese until the beginning of the 20th century. This was expanded in the reigns of
John I, John II and Manuel, suffering successive improvements.
It is a large building, dominated by two high bell towers, spires, in Baroque style, prefaced by a wide alpendrada Gallery, in limestone, ordered to build by d. Manuel, to house the pilgrims. The entire building
attests to the great reform of the late 17th century (1680 to 1691).
The interior is on a single nave, in the form of a Latin cross, covered by a wooden ceiling painted in the manner of the time. In the mouth of the gallery was a large painting on canvas, referring to the miracle of our Lady of Nazareth Fuas Roupinho d., that can be admired at the entrance of the nave on the left. The high altar bears a gilded altarpiece of national style, with Solomonic columns and marmoreados, the end of the 17TH century. On the throne in a Dobby, admire the venerated image of olive wood and polychrome brunette complexion, of the Virgin of milk, with the boy in your arms. The figures are crowned with golden crowns, 18th-century work, offered to the Church by King John VI. The Holy image is wrapped in a gold-embroidered green robe offer from d. João V to the Virgin.
