Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia
A Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia, sometime referred to as the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, is a 17th-century church in the civil parish of Penafiel, in the municipality of the same name, in the Portuguese district of Porto.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Penafiel, Porto District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Igreja da Misericordia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Câmara Municipal de Penafiel and Museu Municipal de Penafiel.
Penafiel railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penafiel railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freguesia de Santa Marta and Bitarães.
Freguesia de Santa Marta
Suburb
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Freguesia de Santa Marta is a suburb.
Bitarães
Suburb
Bitarães is a former civil parish in the municipality of Paredes, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Paredes. The population in 2011 was 2,868, in an area of 4.00 km². Bitarães is situated 3½ km northwest of Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia.
Beire
Village
Beire is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Paredes. The population in 2011 was 2,040, in an area of 3.31 km². Beire is situated 5 km northwest of Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia.
Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia
- Categories: cultural heritage, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Penafiel, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.20646° or 41° 12′ 23″ northLongitude
-8.28366° or 8° 17′ 1″ westElevation
306 metres (1,004 feet)Open location code
8CHH6P48+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 438800708OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانتا كاسا دا ميزريكورديا”
- Italian: “chiesa della Misericordia”
- Italian: “Chiesa della Misericordia”
- Portuguese: “Igreja da Misericórdia”
- Spanish: “iglesia de la Misericordia”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia”
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