Church of St. Roch in Lisbon - one of the first Jesuit church in the country, where they speak Portuguese. For over 200 years, the church housed the Jesuit community, until they were expelled from Portugal. After the earthquake in 1755 the church and outbuildings were transferred to Lisbon house charity Santa Casa Misericordia de Lisboa do. Church of St. Roch in Lisbon was one of the buildings that remained virtually undamaged during the great earthquake in Lisbon.

The church is named after Saint Roch, a Catholic saint who patronized the patients with severe diseases, pilgrims, and was known for healing people from the plague. The church was built in the XVI century and was the first Jesuit church built in the style of "church-audience" is for preaching. The church had a lot of chapels, most of them were built in the baroque early XVII century. The most famous chapel - Chapel of St. John the Baptist XVIII century.

The exterior and interior decoration of the church used different architectural styles. The decoration of the chapel of St. Francis Xavier, the Sagrada Familia and the altar visible features of mannerism. In the early Baroque Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament was built in the late baroque style - the Chapel of Our Lady and Our Lady of Piety Doctrine.

Built in 1740 in the style of Roman Baroque Chapel of St. John the Baptist is considered a unique masterpiece of European architecture. The project made by the architects Nicola Salvi and Luigi Vanvitelli from Italy. Chapel was built in Rome for 8 years. Then, after the chapel was consecrated by Pope Benedict XV, it was transported to Portugal for three ships. Inside the chapel is decorated with precious mosaics, which depict biblical scenes such as the Baptism of Christ and Pentecost. Finish the chapel was made in a new architectural style for Portugal - rocaille where decorative elements - festoons, garlands, angels, ornaments in the form of shells - combined with classical rigor.