Church of

Santa Engrácia

 

從Lisboa Santa Apolónia車站走出來，再爬過一條小斜坡，就是Church of Santa Engrácia。

教堂附近就是民居，下午的放課鈴聲響起，小孩東奔西跑，跟在後面的家長趕忙跟上，婆婆們在窗前掛起七彩衣服，貓咪們躺在石階旁伸懶腰，遊客甚少，倒像一個鄰家大雜院。

 

教堂外有幾十檔露天墟市，販賣各國瓷器、書畫、衣服等，非常熱鬧；教堂內的雕像細緻逼真，聖母瑪利亞的面容似當代超模，與中世紀的人偶面完全不同。

 

教堂建於十七世紀，1966年才完工，但落成後從未作為教堂使用過，而是葡萄牙名人下葬之地。

 

 

 

I walked out from metro station Lisboa Santa Apolónia and climbed a slope and saw Church of Santa Engrácia.

There were houses around the church. The end bell for the afternoon classes rang and the kids ran out of the school. Parents behind them quickly caught up with them. Grandmas were hanging clothes under the sun outside the big windows. Cats were lying on the rocky path. There were not much tourists and it was just like a neighborhood next door.

 

There were a dozen of open air flea sellers outside the church. They were selling ceramics, books, paintings and clothing relaxingly

The statues in the church was very real. The face of Maria the Holy Mother like a modern super model and it’s very different from Middle Age emotionless face.

 

This church began to build on 17th century and finished in 1966 but never used as for worshipping. It buried lots of Porguagewse celebrities nowadays.