Capela de S. Frutuoso - Museum

About the Building

Open 2pm-430pm everyday except monday

The small chapel of Montélios owes its existence to São Frutuoso, bishop of Dume and Braga during the Visigothic period, who chose to be buried here in the 60s of the 7th century. This Visigothic chapel seems to have been inspired by the Byzantine Mausoleums. Its interior can be considered a true example of Islamic architecture. Around it there was a much larger monastic ensemble, the religious center of the region in this period, but which probably succumbed, most likely in the early 16th century, when the Franciscans carried out the rebuilding of the Monastery.