Iglesia de São Gião

Today: Igreja de São Gião, Nazaré

Place: São Gião (Nazaré)
Kind: Church
Built: 7th century
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

Its dating is an open debate. Helmut Schlunk read it as 7th century Visigothic, with its east end and horseshoe arch of that time; since the 1980s other authors have dated it to about the 10th century, for its lintelled door under a relieving arch and its west tribune, and a study of 2003 found Visigothic carvings reused in the walls. It served as a cattle pen from the 18th century, and that saved it from ruin.

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