Monastery of São Vicente de Fora

Fora Da means 'extramural' and so it would have been at the time when it was built outside the city limits. Now, this beautiful Renaissance building that looks like a fortress monastery is an essential visit on a visit to Lisbon. The fruit of the promise did King Afonso Henriques to San Vicente, a magnificent church in exchange for seeing the Moors expelled from Portugal, is supposed to contain the bones of the saint. Inside, the ceiling white marble, inlay Conceicao Altar or blue and white tiles depicting the fables of La Fontaine, the giant organ or the beautiful canopy give the temple a character art museum marking sacred and profane single in the Portuguese capital.