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Santa Casa da Misericórdia. The Misericórdia of Lisbon. The church and hospital of the Misericórdia of Santarém, Portugal. Santa Casa da Misericórdia is a lay Portuguese charity founded in 1498, whose mission is to treat and support the sick, the disabled, as well as abandoned newborns.
The basilica containing the Santa Casa is a Late Gothic structure built starting from 1468, [4] and continued by Giuliano da Maiano, Giuliano da Sangallo, and Donato Bramante. [5] It is 93 metres (305 ft) long, 60 m (200 ft) wide, and its campanile is 75.6 m (248 ft) high. The façade of the church was erected under Sixtus V, who in 1586 ...
The Lisbon Holy House of Mercy MHIH ( Portuguese: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa) is a Portuguese charitable organisation that, in modern times, serves also as the national lottery and off-course betting operator. In spite of its historical links to the Catholic Church, it is today a secular legal person in the public administrative ...
The Holy House of Mercy of Macau ( Portuguese: Santa Casa da Misericórdia; Chinese: 仁慈堂大樓 ), is a historic building in Senado Square, Sé, Macau. Established as a branch of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia, it was first built in 1569 on the orders of the Bishop of Macau, Belchior Carneiro Leitão . It was a medical clinic and several ...
Official website. Loreto ( / ləˈrɛtoʊ / lə-RET-oh, [3] US also / ləˈreɪtoʊ / lə-RAY-toh, [4] Italian: [loˈreːto]) is a hill town and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is most commonly known as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.
Sagrada Família. / 41.40369°N 2.17433°E / 41.40369; 2.17433. The main material used is stone. The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, [a] otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world.
The Building of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Feira de Santana has two stories and covers 495 square metres (5,330 sq ft). It has some Gothic revival elements, a rarity in Bahia, the only other example being found in the municipality of Tanquinho. The building has a rectangular floor plan, with its primary rooms at ground level and a lower ...
A Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Portuguese: Edifício e Igreja da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Penafiel/Museu de Arte Sacra da Misericórdia de Penafiel), sometime referred to as the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, is a 17th-century church in the civil parish of Penafiel, in the municipality of the same name, in the Portuguese district of Porto.