Church of Santa Bárbara (Santa Bárbara)

The blessing of the temple took place on June 16, 1950, and was presided over by the ecclesiastical ombudsman of Horta, Father José Silveira Luís. That same day, a bell and an image of the Virgin were also blessed. On the 17th and 18th of that same month, several pilgrimages took place there, coming from all the parishes of Faial, pilgrimages that, along the way, entered all the churches they passed to the sound of the ringing bells. These pilgrimages became a habit in the following years.

The synagogue in Tomar was constructed between 1430 and 1460. In the early 17th century the synagogue served as a Christian chapel and was classified as a national monument in 1921. The building was restored in 1923 and turned into a museum by the Portuguese government in July 1939. Since then the building is a small Jewish Museum Abraao Zacuto (Abraham Zacuto) that hosts several medieval tomb slabs from Portugal.

Santarém Cathedral is a 17th century Jesuit church that was built on the site of the Royal Palace of Alcáçova Nova, which had been abandoned since the time of King John II (1481-1495). Later, with the expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal (1759), by order of the Marquis of Pombal, the building became the seat of the Patriarchal Seminary after a donation from Mary I of Portugal (1777-1816), and remained so until the 20th century. When the Diocese of Santarém was created in 1975, the church was raised to the rank of cathedral.