Hermitage of São Tiago

Hermitage of São Tiago (Ermida de São Tiago)
Hermitage (Ermida)
Official name: Ermida de São Tiago
Named for: St. James
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Group Eastern
Island São Miguel
Municipality Lagoa
Location Água de Pau
 - coordinates 37°43′25.2″N 25°30′42.1″W / 37.723667°N 25.511694°W / 37.723667; -25.511694Coordinates: 37°43′25.2″N 25°30′42.1″W / 37.723667°N 25.511694°W / 37.723667; -25.511694
Style Medieval
Materials Basalt, Wood, Glass, Tile
Origin 18th century
Owner Portuguese Republic
For public Public
Easiest access Largo de Santiago
Management Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico
Operator Diocese of Angra do Heroísmo
Status Unclassified
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The Hermitage of São Tiago (Portuguese: Ermida de São Tiago) is a medieval hermitage located in the civil parish of Água de Pau, in the municipality of Lagoa, on Portuguese island of São Miguel, archipelago of the Azores.

History

The hermitage was constructed in the beginning of the 18th century for a private landowner and built alongside his residential home (but concluded before the manor house).[1]

The first pastoral visit to the hermitage occurred in 1707.[1] In the will and testament of vicar João Pacheco Raposo (dated 6 June 1715), the former prelate referred to the hermitage as a producer of two alqueires of land.[1] This vicar had purchased three-quarters of land and some lands with watermills, and left them to the company of St. James, with the obligation to pay eleven alqueires of wheat yearly for the Holy Sacrament of the town.[1]

In 1871, the hermitage was transferred from the property owners, and became a building of the Junta de Paróquia (parish junta).[1]

The hermitage began to operate as the funerary chapel for the parish council of Água de Pau in 1986 and was remodelled sometime in the 20th century.[1] As part of its transformation, a project to reformulate the Largo de Santiago was begun in 1996, and inaugurated on 20 September 2003.[1]

Architecture

The hermitage is situated on the northern edge of the settlement, in an ample square, alongside the parish council building of Água de Pau and the Casa do Povo.[1] It is encircled by steps and pavement stone and linked transversally by the lateral house.[1]

The rectangular plan consists of a single nave and presbytery with an addorsed lateral left rectangular sacristy.[1] The facades are plastered and painted white with the main facade (oriented to the south) flanked by pilasters and cornerstones surmounted by pinnacles.[1] This facade is terminated with cornices and surmounted by a latin cross over a cylindrical stand.[1] The entrance is marked by a doorway decorated with cornices and rectangular window protected by wood grade, while the rear is blind.[1]

The interior walls are plastered and painted in white, while the floors and ceiling are built in wood.[1] The lateral door is flanked by a hemispherical baptismal pia and wardrobe, while at the top of the nave (behind the pulpit) is the door to the sacristy.[1] A triumphal arch supported by pilasters supports the vaulted structure over wood cornices in the presbytery, dominated by a floor-size wooden crucifix and altar.[1]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Faria, João; Noé, Paula (2015), SIPA, ed., Ermida de São Tiago (IPA.00034707) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 23 July 2016

Sources

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