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Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation (Mértola Mother Church)

Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation (Mértola Mother Church)

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Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation (Mértola Mother Church)

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Location: Mértola, Beja, Portugal

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1. Mértola Castle – View of Mértola loop from Mértola

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2. Mértola Clock Tower – View of Mértola loop from Além-Rio

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3. Mértola Clock Tower – Mértola Castle loop from Além-Rio

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Wanderhase🐰

March 15, 2024

The town's main church (Igreja Matriz) rises on the site of a mosque destroyed in the 16th century.

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Andreas

July 10, 2025

The Mezquita Mosque, now the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção Matriz, was built below the castle complex in the mid-12th century as a square building with a minaret. After the Reconquista by Sancho II, King of Portugal, in 1238, the Mezquita of Mértola, then supplemented by a small bell tower on the minaret, retained its original form for almost 300 years. In 1532, the Mezquita was converted into a church in its present form, with striking small battlements and turrets on the roof. The original mosque was never destroyed.

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Marian & 🐾

February 14, 2023

The church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação in Mértola was built as a mosque by the Moors in the eleventh century.

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Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation (Mértola Mother Church)

1. Mértola Castle – View of Mértola loop from Mértola

2. Mértola Clock Tower – View of Mértola loop from Além-Rio

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