In the 16th-17th century there was a primitive chapel of Santa Catarina which was demolished due to its lack of cultural dignity. The image was transferred to the Church of São Jerónimo and remained there until the beginning of the 18th century. Popular belief dignified the image of Santa Catarina by attributing countless miracles to it. The intention to build a new chapel with the invocation of Saint Catherine arose in 1720, and in 1721 the town council donated the land for the construction. Five years later, the visitator João de Macedo Madureira ordered the construction of a porch and the following year André Ramalho Barradas ordered the gilding of the national-style altarpiece, with its twisted columns and double archivolt. The original image of Saint Catherine was replaced in the late 1970s by the current neoclassical sculpture.

ADDRESS

41º 33' 31.50" N
6º 56' 43.20" W

LOCALITY

Vale Prados- Macedo de Cavaleiros