Church of Saint Dominic
Baroque church scarred by fire and history, its blackened walls deliberately left as witness.
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This guide to the Church of Saint Dominic in Lisbon starts with the scorched walls left visible after a nineteen fifty-nine fire, then reaches back to Easter Sunday, fifteen-oh-six, a time of plague and drought, when a crowd gathered inside over a light seen shining from a crucifix. It follows the Dominican friars present that day and a converso in the congregation who questioned what the crowd believed. A memorial in the square today calls Lisbon the City of Tolerance.
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