Capela de Nossa Senhora da Graça

good to visit

Exceptional!

Small but beautiful chapel with beautifully ornate altars.

The majestic procession that goes out on the street around noon is one of the highlights of the festivities in honor of Our Lady of Grace, ending with the exciting 'Battle of Flowers'. The majestic procession takes place between noon and one o'clock in the afternoon, runs along the main streets of Padim da Graça and is one of the highlights of the festivities in honor of Nossa Senhora da Graça. Another highlight, and the most exciting, is the 'Battle of the Flowers' that takes place after the solemn mass scheduled for 20 hours. It is the 'Battle of Flowers' that ends the festivities. The image of Our Lady of Grace is taken from the andor to be replaced on the altar in the chapel. In this course, inside the chapel, baskets and baskets of flowers are thrown. Tradition dictates that on this day, in Graça, lunch is made before the solemn mass that is celebrated at 11 am. It is at the end of the Eucharist that the procession comes out. Two knights, mounted on white mares, open the way to the procession that includes about a hundred figurines, two brass bands, elements of the Braga Volunteer Firefighters, Boy Scouts, flags and banners and five beautifully decorated floors with natural flowers. Andors carry the images of S. João, Santo Adrião, S. Sebastião, S. Bento and, last to leave, Nossa Senhora da Graça. This procession has a particularity. The priest holds in his hands a small image of the saint who gives name to the earth. Around the neck, this Lady of Grace carries dozens of rosaries. "It is said that it is out of devotion that the people of this parish put the rosaries there to be blessed, but there are those who do so as a promise." As the procession goes through the places of the parish, in a route that lasts for more than half an hour, those who are on the road side integrate the procession that ends where it began, in the chapel.

beautiful little chapel and even the face of the national road. The altar of Our Lady is beautiful with gilded carvings and beautiful floral arrangements. It is normally closed except at the time of mass. The best time to visit is at the parties of Our Lady of Grace, because it is very bright and beautifully decorated. The parties are always at the end of the week following the Easter Sunday and has a very beautiful procession that leaves at noon on Sunday, as well as the battle of the flowers is one of the most beautiful moments of the party.