Fodor's Expert Review Museu de São Roque
Completed in 1574, this church and museum was one of the earliest Jesuit buildings in the world and today is home to one of Portugal's most comprehensive collections of religious art. While the exterior is somewhat plain and austere, the inside is dazzling, with abundant use of gold and marble. Eight side chapels have statuary and art dating from the early 17th century. The last chapel on the left before the altar is the extraordinary 18th-century Capela de São João Baptista (Chapel of St. John the Baptist), designed and built in Rome. The chapel was taken apart, shipped to Lisbon, and reassembled here in 1747.