A year of works, a church reopened
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The church of São Tiago of Faia reopened in 14 August 2022, after about a year closed for works. The news of the Archdiocese of Braga records the recovery of paintings, images and three altars, besides the placement of stained glass with episodes of the life and mission of the patron. It is a recent intervention, different from the portrait of five altars left in 1758: they are sources of distinct times, not a directly comparable count of surviving pieces.
The news also tells who made the intervention possible. Pastor Rui Filipe Marques Araújo attributed the realization of the works to the involvement of the community; the ceremony brought together associative representatives, workers and benefactors. Archbishop José Cordeiro presided. Behind the paintings and the recovered or placed stained glass is thus a history of participation.
Reopening does not necessarily mean that all works were completed: the same news records an appeal to continue the completion of the restoration. The August date marks the celebration and return of space to religious use, without allowing the end of each intervention to be established.
The church at different times
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The interior described in 1758
Five altars to read a church →The church and the places around it
A parish told by sixteen places →Materials and light in the Lady of Amparo
Roots and light give another life to the chapel →
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Archdiocese of Braga — restoration and reopening of the matrix of Faia, 01/09/2022
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