Iglesia de Santa Isabel de Portugal

The exterior of this church is absolutely stunning. It's a style called "Churrigueresque," a type of Spanish Baroque which emphasized maximum detail in minimum space. It's dedicated to St. Elizabeth of Portugal (also called Elizabeth of Aragon), queen of Portugal ve was canonized in the 16th century.

The most attention-drawing aspect of this church is its imposing facade of columns, designs, and sculptures done is white alabaster and marble. The fact that it's actually in marble and not just carved gives a whole other sense of grandeur to the building.

It was already nighttime, and as we were looking for a place to have dinner, we passed this beautiful church. Its facade did not go unnoticed--as it was celebrating a wedding--and just as we passed by, out came the bride and groom. We really liked the decor it had, the amount of detail attracted attention for its color and its size. Reliefs are usually placed in the highest part of the facade, yet in this church they are almost at the bottom of the church, at ground level. We could not visit it, since obviously it was no longer visiting hours, but I found it interesting and I kept wanting to see