São Francisco Church

It is one of the most important religious monuments in the city of Porto. The Church of Saint Francis (Igreja de São Francisco) is a Franciscan church dating back to 1245. Originally Romanesque in style, it also features Gothic architecture and Baroque decoration. Inside the church are three naves, all adorned with gilded woodwork. One of these houses the “Tree of Jesse,” a polychrome wooden sculpture considered one of the finest in the world.

Beneath the church are catacombs where many Franciscans and some of the city’s nobles are buried. The São Francisco catacombs also contain an ossuary holding thousands of bones, viewable through a glass floor.