Igrejas Matriz Cortegaça & Santa Maria de Válega (Ovar) 🇵🇹

CORTEGAÇA MOTHER CHURCH

Named a Building of Public Interest in 2013, the present church was built between 1910 and 1918. The façade, imposing due to its height, is flanked by two towers and is entirely covered with tiles

VÁLEGA MOTHER CHURCH

The current building was begun in 1746, but the work took over a century to complete. The church is extensive and high with a bell tower integrated in the façade. The façade is completely covered with polychrome tiles laid in 1960 from the Aleluia factory with figurative themes of biblical origin. The interior, also covered with polychrome tiles, has a ceiling covered exotic wood, donated in the mid-twentieth century by the Oliveira Lopes family. The stained glass windows, designed in Madrid and from the 1960's, were donated by the Commander António Augusto da Silva.