Chapel of San Frutuozu di Munteliush
   Photo: Chapel of San Frutuozu di Munteliush

Chapel of San Frutuozu is located in the city of Braga Real Madrid. This chapel, built in pre-Romanesque style, is part of the ensemble of religious buildings, which also includes Royal Church.

The original building of the chapel was built in the VII century, the Visigoths in the form of a Greek cross. Capella is also known as the Chapel of San Frutuozu di Munteliush or Chapel of San Salvador di Munteliush. Since 1944, the chapel is classified as a National Monument Portugal.

On the basis of documentary sources, in 560 AD on the site of the chapel is a small Roman villa and a temple dedicated to Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of healing and medicine. The 656 year Fructuosos, Christian saint, who later became a bishop Brakary, founded on the site of the Holy Monastery of El Salvador and ordered the construction of the chapel, which buried themselves. In IX-X centuries it was carried out reconstruction work. In 1523, Archbishop Diego de Souza founded the Franciscan Capuchin monastery not far from the chapel of San Frutuozu, and there is reason to believe that this destroyed the ancient monastery of San Salvador. In 1728 began the reconstruction of the Church of the Convent of San Francisco and the Chapel of San Frutuozu, who joined the church. After the reconstruction and many rearrangements in the chapel was made possible only accessible from within the church.

In 1931, the restoration of the original species of the chapel as it was in the VII century. Capella is a unique example of buildings in Portugal, built by the Visigoths. Masonry walls are made in the form of round arches supported by large columns. The columns are decorated with a wide border decorated. The inner space of the chapel is divided triple arch in the shape of a horseshoe. Spherical dome covered with plaster and painted white. On the granite slabs of the floor of the chapel carved coats of arms.

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