Chapel of Saint Lucy (Vitória)
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Brazil| Chapel of Saint Lucy | |
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Capela de Santa Luzia | |
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 Chapel of Saint Lucy | |
| 20°19′10.643″S 40°20′18.19″W / 20.31962306°S 40.3383861°W | |
| Location | Vitória, Espírito Santo Brazil |
| History | |
| Founded | 1537 |
The Chapel of Saint Lucy is a Catholic temple located in the historic center of the city of Vitória, the capital of Espírito Santo and built in 1537.[1]
Considered the oldest building in Vitória, the Chapel of Saint Lucy was erected in the 16th century as a private temple on the farm of Duarte de Lemos, the first resident of the island of Santo Antônio - now the city of Vitória - who received the plot of land as a sesmaria donated by the first donatário of the captaincy of Espírito Santo, Vasco Fernandes Coutinho.[1]
The chapel's simple architectural features are common characteristics of the state's baroque churches, which proves possible alterations to its traits, since it was built before the Baroque period, prominent in the 18th and 19th centuries.[2]
The small church was "built on a rock, with mortared stone masonry foundations directly supported and visible on the side and front facades".[3] It is the only monument in the upper town that preserves the characteristics of Brazilian colonial architecture.[4]
The chapel underwent some renovations over time; the first was probably in 1812, when it acquired its current baroque features in order to serve as a religious temple until 1928, when it was vacated.[5]
