Arrifana was a farm attached to the town of Vale de Prados. In the mid-17th century there was a chapel dedicated to Saint Vincent, which was demolished in the early 18th century.
The new chapel, erected between 1727 and 1736, also had São Vicente as its patron, which it kept until at least the end of the 18th century. In the 19th or 20th century, the patron saint changed to St. Stephen. The chapel, which has a plain architectural style, still has a gilded and polychrome carved altarpiece from around 1739-44. As far as the imagery is concerned, there is still an image of São Sebastião from the 15th century, a São Vicente from the first half of the 17th century, a Santo Estevão and a Nossa Senhora do Rosário from the second half of the 17th century. The images of Saint Sebastian and Our Lady of the Rosary may have been acquired after the demolition of two chapels with their respective saints in the 18th century in Vale de Prados.

ADDRESS

41º 33' 54.20" N
6º 56' 44.30" W

LOCALITY

Arrifana- Macedo de Cavaleiros