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IGREJA SÃO SEBASTIÃO

Church – Cathedral – Basilica – Chapel
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Rua Tapajós, 54, A côté du théâtre, Manaus, Brazil
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2024
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2024

São Sebastião Church, with its unusual Byzantine-style dome and tower, is steeped in history

Like the customs building, the São Sebastião church is interesting for its rather unusual history. It was delivered in kit form: pre-built in Europe, dismantled and reassembled in Manaus. Quite ugly, except for a strangely Byzantine-style dome. It has only one tower. There are local legends about the absence of a second tower, as in all Brazilian churches. Depending on the source, the other tower is at the bottom of the Atlantic, with the shipwrecked boat, or was not commissioned, to avoid a Vatican tax.

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Église intéressante, un peu hors du temps. Elle recèle des détails que les yeux attentifs gagneront à découvrir (telle cette longue frise en latin qui en parcourt les murs). Et un autel un brin spectaculaire, dont la planche repose sur deux mains ouvertes...

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