Filipe José de Almeida's Chapel
A monumental chapel
The chapel number 21, ordered by Filipe José de Almeida round 1855 (later granted to the Ricon Peres family), was the first tomb-chapel in Portugal with tile wall cladding. The pattern was used to cover building facades, but here the colour black was added in some of the painted motifs, to give it a more funeral tone. This was maybe the first tomb-chapel in Portugal to have a ceiling with figurative stucco. The two compositions on the ceiling represent Faith, Hope and Charity, and an allegory of Pain and Fidelity.
A monumental chapel
The chapel number 21, ordered by Filipe José de Almeida round 1855 (later granted to the Ricon Peres family), was the first tomb-chapel in Portugal with tile wall cladding. The pattern was used to cover building facades, but here the colour black was added in some of the painted motifs, to give it a more funeral tone. This was maybe the first tomb-chapel in Portugal to have a ceiling with figurative stucco. The two compositions on the ceiling represent Faith, Hope and Charity, and an allegory of Pain and Fidelity.
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