Exploring Sagres places and being inside the Fortress of Sagres you definitely should visit a small church. It stands alone and is very quiet. In other aspects it is not different from many other churches although this one is dated by 1579.   It replaced the original church of Infante Dom Henrique of 1459. It was also damaged by the earthquake of 1755. Some alterations to the church were made, such as the building of a new bell tower over the old charnel house of the cemetery. There are still a set of tombstones present.

Inside this unpretentious church, the 17th century Baroque retable above the altar originates from the Capela de Santa Catarina do Forte de Belixe (St. Catherine’s Chapel in Belixe Fortress), while the polychrome statues of St. Vincent and St. Francis were once part of the Franciscan convent on the Cape St. Vincent.

Here is a vertorama of the church interior.

Our Lady Of Grace Church in Sagres