Porto Cathedral Cloister: A Grand Gothic Quadrangle with Baroque Azulejos

Lower level of Porto Cathedral's cloister, viewed from the terrace, showing the arcade and courtyard, Porto, Portugal

The 14th-century Gothic cloister of Porto Cathedral surrounds a symmetrical courtyard with elegant stone arcades and striking Baroque azulejo panels. Its lower galleries provide access to Nicolau Nasoni’s richly decorated Sacristy and the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, while the upper terraces offer a different perspective of this historic cathedral complex.

Casa do Cabido: A Building for the Porto Cathedral Chapter

Painted Baroque wooden ceiling with Saint Michael surrounded by allegorical figures in the Chapter House of Porto Cathedral, Porto, Portugal

The Casa do Cabido was built for the Cathedral Chapter of Porto Cathedral and contains some of the cathedral’s most interesting rooms. Its upper floor includes the former Archive Room and magnificent Chapter House, richly decorated with Baroque azulejos, sculptures of saints, and an extraordinary painted wooden ceiling. On the middle floor, the Treasure Room preserves vestments, liturgical books, reliquaries, monstrances, crosses, and other ceremonial objects used at the cathedral over the centuries.

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