Foto de stock - We found the Capela das Almas (Chapel of Souls) walking around the Mercado do Bolhao, close to the busy Rua Santa Catarina. This is one of the most special, unmistakable for its striking facade of white and blue tiles and often forgotten in the most tourist routes Porto churches. . History and Architecture. The Capela das Almas was built during the eighteenth century in neoclassical style. However, decorated with tiles so characteristic of this church, but took the typical style of the eighteenth century (period of maximum splendor of Portuguese tile) was later incorporated in the early twentieth century, specifically in 1929. . The name of the church is given by the eighteenth-century image of the Virgin of Souls that houses inside. In addition to the image inside the chapel also it highlights the large painting of the main altar, the Ascension, the work of Joaquim Rafael, a professor of Fine Arts in Lisbon. . The stained glass windows were made, meanwhile, by Amândio Silva, and incorporated into the set in the nineteenth century. They represent the souls in purgatory that give name to the church, which falls on the bleeding Christ in an act of redemption. . The facade tiles. When these mosaic tiles are placed on the main facade and the side wall, the Capela das Almas it immediately became one of the favorite churches of the inhabitants of Porto. . The tiles were manufactured in the ceramic workshop Viúva Lamego Lisbon and its architect was the painter Eduardo do Leite, one of the most sought for this type of work. . However, in the eighties many tiles parties or any damage was already, so it had to be restored to restore the site to its original appearance. Similarly, a few years ago he had to be carried out another process of restoration of the facade due to damage on the tiles by the works of the metro, which is very close. . In the compositions formed by the nearly 16,000 tiles Capela das Almas can contemplate religious scenes from the life of St. Catherine and St. Francis of Assisi, the saints to whom the church is dedicated: Santa Catalina talking with the scholars of Alexandria; the coronation and the martyrdom of St. Catherine; San Francisco before Pope Honorius III and the death of St. Francis of Assisi, among others.