Conceição e Estoi is a civil parish in the municipality of Faro, part of the PortugueseAlgarve, formed in 2013 from the merger of the former parishes Conceição and Estoi.[1] The population in 2011 was 8,176,[2] in an area of 68.40 km2.[3]
Architecture
Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial da Conceição de Faro/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição); a Manueline era religious building classified as a Monumento de Interesso Público (Monument of Public Interest).[4] Associated with the late-Renaissance and 19th century, the longitudinal plan includes single nave and main chapel with triumphal arch and vaulted ceiling on corbels.[4] In addition, the church is known for its late-Renaissance portal, main facade and neoclassical bell tower, as well as its architectural sobriety contrasting with the decoration of the triumphal arch and cover of the chancel in starry vault.[4]
