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Anta-Capelo do sao
Brissos. (Anta-Capelo de Nossa Senhora
de Livramento).
This 3rd - 4th
millennium dolmen was converted in the 17th cent to honour 'Our Lady
de Livramento'.
The dolmen is now
the lobby of the chapel. It is composed of five uprights and still
retains traces of a corridor.
The site was until
recently, a site for pilgrims and according to tradition, it took a
'whole roast-lamb for tasting after the mass'. Processions were
common to the chapel in years of drought.
Today, the chapel
is only opened on request (telephone numbers available at the site).
Tradition:
Legend has it that the Lady of Livramento and San Brissos had a son
which was killed by the lady of Snow (Neves). In drought years, the
effigy of their son is carried to Sao Brissos chapel, the rain
symbolizing the tears of sorrow for being kept away from their son.
Alignments:
Sao Brissos is part of an alignment of three sites:
The three significant sites are
aligned over 9 km's, they are: Gruta do Escoural, the
Christianised 'Anta Capela de S. Brissos', and the
'Necrópole de Vale Rodrigo'. |