Originally a 1700 military chapel on a small square in the center of the old fortified town.
Located inside the Fortress of Valença, the Chapel of Bom Jesus dates from the 17th century, with a project by military engineer Manuel Pinto de Vilalobos, a baroque chapel with rococo elements. Inside, there is a small image of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, patron saint of Infantry Regiment No. 21 stationed in Valença and that a soldier carried in a backpack whenever the regiment went on campaign.
The statue of S. Teotónio is a sculpture from the 20th century and evokes the figure of the 1st Portuguese Saint - the inspirer and protector of nationality. He was born in 1082 in the Valencian parish of Ganfei and died, in Coimbra, on February 18, 1162. São Teotónio became the first Portuguese saint, being celebrated as the reformer of religious life. Known as the patron saint of enslaved Christians, for having supported 1000 Mozarab men, women and children, captured in an incursion to Andalusia by D. Afonso Henriques.