Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Igreja de São Pedro

The church was part of a monastery, that in 1258 was owned by "milites et divitum homini" - Knights Templar. Later a convent Augustine Canons existed, before the Archbishop of Porto took over. The convent´s building were destroyed after the Revolution in the 19th century, when the church became a parish church. The church was erected end of the 13th century but got changed later a couple of times. The church once had a narthex, the remains are still visible. The tympanum got lost over the centuries, the archivolts and the capitals survived the times.

The church was part of a monastery, that in 1258 was owned by "milites et divitum homini" - Knights Templar. Later a convent Augustine Canons existed, before the Archbishop of Porto took over. The convent´s building were destroyed after the Revolution in the 19th century, when the church became a parish church. The church was erected end of the 13th century but got changed later a couple of times. The church once had a narthex, the remains are still visible. The tympanum got lost over the centuries, but the archivolts are really impressing. And the flanking capitals as well.

The church was part of a monastery, that in 1258 was owned by "milites et divitum homini" - Knights Templar. Later a convent Augustine Canons existed, before the Archbishop of Porto took over. The convent´s building were destroyed after the Revolution in the 19th century, when the church became a parish church. The church was erected end of the 13th century but got changed later a couple of times. The church once had a narthex, the remains are still visible. The tympanum got lost over the centuries, but the archivolts are really impressing. And the flanking capitals as well.

The church was part of a monastery, that in 1258 was owned by "milites et divitum homini" - Knights Templar. Later a convent Augustine Canons existed, before the Archbishop of Porto took over. The convent´s building were destroyed after the Revolution in the 19th century, when the church became a parish church. The church was erected end of the 13th century but got changed later a couple of times. The church once had a narthex, that is still visible.

Rubiães is more than just one of the many hamlets along the way. There is a clean and nice "alberge", a bar and restaurant - and the "Igreja de São Pedro" - a romanesque church with some later addons. Surounded by old graves and (right) a roman milestone.

The portal of the little church has an unsusal feature. The middle columns right and left are fully carved figures. This is often seen at romanesque (and gothic) cathedrals, but I never found that at such a small "chapel". Maybe they are Archangle Gabriel (left) and Virgin Mary (right), at least that is, what the sign told me. The church is placed directly on the old roman road, which later (and today again) was used as "caminho" to Santiago. Unfortunately it was locked, like most churches in Portugal and Spain.