Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão
The small Chapel of Sao Pedro de Balsemao, is situated in the civil parish of Sé, municipality of Lamego in the northern region of Portugal. It was a Visigothic sanctuary dating back to the 7th century, although it has Baroque elements, in particular, in the South Gate and the western facade, which adjoins a later residential building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: paul Barker Hemings, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lamego’s Prison and College of Lamego.
Lamego’s Prison
Prison
Photo: Mind Booster Noori, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lamego’s Prison is situated 2 km west of Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão.
College of Lamego
School
Photo: Mind Booster Noori, CC BY-SA 3.0.
College of Lamego is a school, which is situated 1½ km west of Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão.
Varosa Dam
Dam
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Varosa Dam is situated 1½ km north of Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almacave and Cambres.
Cambres
Town
Cambres is a town in Portugal. It is a parish of Lamego Municipality. The population in 2011 was 2,066, in an area of 11.28 km2. Cambres is situated 3 km northwest of Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão.
Ferreiros de Avões
Village
Photo: Mind Booster Noori, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ferreiros de Avões is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão.
Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão
- Type: Church
- Description: building in Lamego Municipality, Viseu District, Portugal
- Categories: chapel, cultural heritage, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Lamego (Almacave e Sé), Lamego, Viseu District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.10699° or 41° 6′ 25″ northLongitude
-7.78313° or 7° 46′ 59″ westOpen location code
8CHJ4648+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 180619951OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=chapelWikidata ID
Q1601334
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão” goes by many names.
- German: “Igreja de São Pedro de Balsemão”
- German: “São Pedro”
- Portuguese: “Capela de Sao Pedro de Balsemao”
- Portuguese: “Capela de São Pedro de Balsemão”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chapel of São Pedro de Balsemão”. Photo: paul Barker Hemings, CC BY-SA 2.0.