Igreja Paroquial da Cividade

An octagonal, baroque parish church in the southwest area of ​​the city, on the hill known as "Alto da Cividade", where most of the remains/ruins of the Roman period of Bracara Augusta are. It's one of the oldest churches of Braga and was built by Pedro de Graça (Benedictine Monastery of Santa Maria do Carvoeiro) on an earlier Romanesque church, it has a foot tower. In the late eighteenth century all images were transferred to the Capela de São Sebastião das Carvalheiras. The most notable features inside are the tiles narrating scenes from the life and martyrdom of San Sebastian, the Chapel of the Wounds of Christ, a rich altar on which there 's a Crucifix and a chest containing the remains of its founder.