"Santuario Nossa dos Remedios, Bom Jesus big sister" Lamego by Martin_S.

Lamego Travel Guide: 23 reviews and 61 photos

Santuario Nossa dos Remedios, Lamego, Portugal

Santuario Nossa dos Remedios (Our Lady of Remedies Sanctuary) here in Lamego, Portugal has an almost twin "sister" in Braga, the Bom Jesus. The first to be built was the Santuario Nossa dos Remedios in 1750 and the other followed 34 years later.
This photo shows the view from the church looking down the stairs toward the town of Lamego.

Santuario Nossa dos Remedios, Lamego, Portugal

Of course, aside from the stairs, you should visit the church at Santuario Nossa dos Remedios, it has some lovely windows and also blue tile wall coverings.

Santuario Nossa dos Remedios, Lamego, Portugal

Santuario Nossa dos Remedios also boasts a HUGE trunked tree, as you can see here it would take three men with linked arms to encircle it.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Beautiful architecture and gardens
Cons:If you walk up you will understand....
In a nutshell:A car or the cable car to the top is better

Last visit to Lamego: Apr 2011
Intro Written Sep 5, 2011
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Written Sep 5, 2011

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Martin_S. Sep 1, 2012 at 11:24 PM

Glad you enjoyed Claus, hope you enjoy the rest of beautiful Portugal as much.
Martin
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cachaseiro Aug 31, 2012 at 3:12 PM

Good page Martin.
I am taking a group of tourists there tomorrow.