The chapel of the guardian angel in Ponte de Lima

Johan__, on June 10, 2007, said:

The text on the plaque next to the chapel:

The Capela do Anjo da Guarda is a romantic/gothic pattern, probably built in the last quarter of the 13th century. After the partial collapse due to floods it was rebuilt is the 18th century according to baroque canons, strengthening the pillars, building turrets and adding a polychromatic ingenuous image São Miguel. Its location near the bridge on the right bank of the river Lima and its small open quadrangular configuration give it a devotional character and it is used as a cult and shelter place for the wayfarers. The archaism of its pillars, with claws in their bases, on the one hand and the vegetarian decoration of the capitals that hardly differ from the baskets on the other are its particular characteristics.