Church of Saint Dominic

Old church with special legacy but forsaken by caring elites some.time.ago and badly needs renovating - about to start. Very unique style circle within circle. Very spiritual I felt. Had a volunteer lady assisting who was devout and delightful humour. A visit for heartfelt comforting of the soul.

One of the most stunning churches that one can visit in Lisbon. This church was affected a very big earthquake a few centuries ago, and a fire relatively recently. The renovation and maintenance of some of the remaining seem quite impressive. A must-visit place.

Very nice Church and place of worship, very old (dedicated in 1241) and damaged by various earthquakes, yet still standing with almost all the original glorious splendor of past centuries. The red ceiling is quite symbolic, together with the stones of the floor. I went early to the 6:00PM Mass and 15 minutes before it began, there were still plenty of tourists taking pictures and speaking loud. But as the Mass time got close, the temple got the silence proper for prayer and recollection of religious people. The liturgy was beautiful, with the proper dignity. The pipe organ makes beautiful sound waves through the old Church walls. Today (Sept. 28, 2025) was the Gospel of the rich man and the poor Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). The priest delivered a beautiful sermon, balanced between the aspects of social obligations for the rich and wealthy people, and the moral implications for everyone to look around and identify the poor at the gates of their comfort zones, summarizing the message in the line that "often, wealth makes blind." Right in the midst of downtown Lisbon, this is a pearl of a monument since the 13th century and a place where we breathe already a bit of eternal peace if we are able to listen the old stones of the walls and floor, the gospel messages, as well as our own consciences in the hectic of the modern world of social responsibilities towards the poor.

Igreja De S Domingos is a beautiful and peaceful church, I visited when Mass was going on, on Easter Sunday. It was completely full! Unfortunately I had an appointment so could not stay, and because it was Mass, I could not go all around the interior as I wished.

Very cool, great history, worth going out of the way for because it is one of the most beautiful churches I've ever been in, the charred stone gives a sense of power greater than any church adorned with art and gilded intricacies

Visited the Church of Saint Dominic and was really struck by its burned and worn interior. The atmosphere is intense and dramatic, giving a unique glimpse into its history. Definitely one of the most memorable churches I’ve seen in Lisbon

This church is one of a kind. It has been barely left standing after the 1531 earthquake, the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and a major fire on August 13, 1959. You can still see the damage left after the fire on the walls and columns. It only reopened in 1994 after so much renovation work was done. It is kind of cool to see how they left the scars of the fire and it adds to the atmosphere of the church. The church has had a long and mixed history. Obviously there were the terrible natural disasters that occured. On the other hand royal weddings of the Portuguese monarchy were once held here. One other lamentable event was the massacre of Jews, including Jewish concerts to Christianity, that was triggered by an incident at mass in 1506. Follow here and the IG link in profile for more travel and food and drink tips, ideas and reviews!

Beautiful church, with the particularity of preserving, with minimal concealment, the damage its marbles suffered from a fire in 1959. Its evading architectural and statuary forms provide an added layer of spatial experience and of meaning to the church. The church suffered several episodes of destruction, having to be rebuilt (and enlarged in the process), in the earthquake of the 16c and another in the 18c. The present form shows traces of late barroque, having had contributions by the architect of the palace of Mafra. By then it was in this church that several national and royal events took place, given its size, faust and centrality. All this magnificence was lost in the fire of 1959.