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COLÉGIO CHURCH

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The Igreja do Colégio (full name: Igreja de São João Evangelista do Colégio) on the Praça do Município in Funchal on the island of Madeira is the Jesuit church associated with the Jesuit school there. Its patron is St. John the Evangelist.

History

In 1569, three Jesuits were commissioned by their order to build a Jesuit school on Madeira. In 1599 they began building the school. The foundation stone for the church was laid in 1629 and completed in 1647. Until the 19th century, this was the largest building complex in all of Funchal. Today, the Jesuit school belongs to the University of Madeira.

Characteristics

Exemplifying religious architecture, it has a Latin cross plan, with a single nave and well-known chancel, profusely decorated with gilded wood, valuable 17th and 18th-century altarpieces, and blue and white tile panels from the 17th century that line the walls of the sacristy. Noteworthy is the altar of the Chapel of the Eleven Thousand Virgins.

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